Indian ocean

The Indian Ocean

By dgosnell
  • 2492 BCE

    Armenians

    A huge network that spread from Iran to Ethiopia to India
  • 1900 BCE

    Networks

    Indus Valley culture and its contacts with West Asia
  • Period: 1550 BCE to 300 BCE

    Phoenicians

    Dominated the trade and travel during the 1st Millennium BCE. They imported and exported things such as wine, olives and olive oil.
  • Period: 1550 BCE to 300 BCE

    Phoenicians

    They were an essential part of the trade between people.
  • 1000 BCE

    The Geniza Network

    The integration of Europe and Asia
  • 550 BCE

    Roman trade

    Decline of Roman trade and shift to east
  • Period: 271 BCE to 232 BCE

    Ashoka

    Ruled between 271-232 BCE, and they worked to spread Buddhism. Made trades with west Asia and southeast Asia
  • 250 BCE

    Networks cont.

    Roman trade reaching its highest point
  • 206 BCE

    Zhang qian

    Helped open china routes to many foreign lands and cultures.
  • 138 BCE

    Zhang

    He brought back foreign music, dance forms and foods.
  • 13 BCE

    Trade

    The Golden age of Indian ocean and the textile Boom
  • 7 BCE

    The expansion

    The expand of networks between Islam and Indian ocean
  • 18

    18th-20th century

    The Indian ocean and western imperialism.

  • Textiles

    Textiles gained huge expansion after the 14th Century espcially in Asia and Africa.
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    Technology

    Wooden-hulled ships became Iron-hulled ships

  • Technology

    The fishing industry changed it was transformed from indigenous trade to a international and regional trade.

  • Technology

    Airplanes now helped in trade and immigration. They helped people to travel faster and further than other transportation