Trade By ntucci 3000 BCE Used canoes & rafts to move from Arabia to India for trade 2000 BCE Millet & Sorghum imported from East Africa Period: 1500 BCE to 1000 BCE Islands west of New Guinea were visited and settled 800 BCE Indian Ocean Trade Began 600 BCE Religion was an important source of identity Period: 600 BCE to 300 BCE Hinduism, Buddhism, & Jainism spread to Southeast Asia Period: 600 BCE to 1450 BCE Indian Ocean Trade Period: 541 BCE to 542 BCE Justinian Plague Outbreak (rats carried disease) 500 BCE Greek & Romans entered the Indian Ocean to trade 100 BCE Greeks bought Chinese silks in Mesopotamia 100 BCE Introduced Camels to create trade caravans across dessert 24 BCE Nabataens moved incenses from Arabia and spices from India to Medeterranean ports 476 Most of Roman civilization declined 1400 Swahili city states became world economic power 1498 Vasco da Gama sailed up eastern coast of Africa to trade