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The first watch that worked at sea. This clock revolutionized world trade, it was the first clock that could work under the conditions of salt water, humidity… This clock made international trade much more feasible for everyone to do. It was invented by John Harrison -
Domestication of the horse as a means of transport for carrying goods and making long-distance journeys. -
After the invention of the wheel, horses began to be domesticated as a means of transportation with dated carts, further increasing the time and efficiency of transporting goods. -
The first boat was created, which increased efficiency in the transportation of goods. -
Camels were used as a means of transport for carrying goods. -
In ancient times, long-distance transport of goods was risky, localized markets, trade began to be seen between India-Egypt and Phoenicia-Mesopotamia. -
The first agricultural civilizations were isolated in fertile river valleys because of the fear of the unknown that prevented them from traveling, but in the deserts they encountered nomadic tribes. The Scythians, who stretched from Hungary to Mongolia, came into contact with the civilizations of Greece, Egypt, India and China, the nomads began to spread goods, ideas and technologies between cultures that had no direct contact. -
One of the most important strands of this growing web, was the Persian Royal Road, completed by Darius the first in the 5th century BCE. With nearly 2,000 miles from the Tigris River to the Aegean Sea, its regular relay points allowed goods and messages to travel in about 1/10 of the time it would take a single traveler. -
With Alexander the Great's conquest of Persia and expansion into Central Asia, the network of Greek, Egyptian, Persian and Indian culture and trade spread further east than ever before. -
In the 2nd century BCE, Zhang Qian sent to negotiate with nomads in the west. Ambassadors sent to Persia and India to trade silk and jade for horses and -cotton. -
In 108 B.C., a caravan loaded with silk leaves China and crosses Persia, and it is thanks to this fact that the Silk Road is created. The Silk Road was a network of multiple trade routes that emerged over the centuries, spread across the Asian continent, and traveled by merchants from the 1st century BC. -
Spread of different ideologies, languages and religions around the world. Traders from India spread Buddhism mainly to China and Japan (1st century AD) Islam spread to the Arabian Peninsula in South Asia. -
Arrival of new technologies in Europe such as the compass. -
It was the take-off of the discoveries and exploration by Europeans of maritime trade routes to get from Europe to Asia and to be able to supply themselves with the products that previously circulated along the silk route, and that was when the silk route ceased to be so important, since there were other means of supplying themselves.