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Bananas spread traveled to India, and may have reached Africa by around 1000 BCE. They spread as a crop and a food into China, and may have been known in parts of the Middle East.
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Dominated trade and travel during the first millennium BCE. Traveled further than any previous Mediterranean society and developed some of the most advanced ships and navigation techniques of their time.
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Dominated trade and travel during the first millennium BCE. Traveled further than any previous Mediterranean society and developed some of the most advanced ships and navigation techniques of their time.
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Founded the city of Alexandria in Egypt, which would become a major center of art and trade.
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Made a voyage into the Indian Ocean in service of King Darius of Persia from 510-515 BCE. He was famous for this voyage, and brought news of these regions that encouraged trade expeditions.
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It allowed for the camels to carry more of a load which made trading and traveling a lot easier. Frame held the saddle over the hump with two pieces of wood or rope on each side of the hump parallel with the camel's backbone
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Introduced Chinese culture and technology to the lands he visited, and brought back foreign music, dance forms, and foods like grapes, pomegranates, watermelon, and walnuts.
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Alexandria was founded around 332 BCE by the Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great and remained the capital of Egypt for nearly a millennium. A hub of international trade, the city was heavily influenced by Greek, and later Roman, culture.
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Hinduism, religion spread by merchants. As well as science in the form of Hindi numerals to the Arabian Pennisula.
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Frankincense and myrrh, both highly prized trade goods at the time. Frankincense and myrrh, both types of incense that release a pleasing aroma when burned, were an important part of religious rituals
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Encouraged contact that contributed to the establishment of trade relations. This was done by sending religious envoys abroad.
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One of the most famous Indian emperors who worked to spread the religion of Dhamma, or the teachings of Buddha. By sending religious envoys abroad, Ashoka encouraged contact and interactions that contributed to the establishment of trade relations
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A highly desired luxury item, that was traded regularly along routes stretching from Europe to China.
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Merchants continued to use this trade route - particularly when bandits and political disputes made land travel dangerous - throughout the second and third centuries CE.
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Rouletted ware is a type of ceramic found in many archaeological sites in India, Southeast Asia and even Indonesia. The style of decoration was imported, but the technique was learned by local potters, who adapted their own tools and ideas.
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The spread of Indian religious and cultural influences like Buddhism to Southeast Asia was often accompanied by an increase in trade.
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An early pioneer of the 'Silk Road' trade routes, helped open up China to many foreign lands and cultures.
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They are an ideal trade good because they took up very little room on ships or caravans, pearls were commonly used for jewelry and decoration, or sometimes ground up into powder for medicine.
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Smallpox, measles, and bubonic plague were common diseases for Rome and China. Caused the Han and Roman Empires to weaken.
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luxury trade good used for both cooking and medicine. Pepper was an important part of the spice trade, which flourished from the first century BCE first century CE.
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Exported highly prized reddish-purple cloth. Also, imported and exported items like wine, olives and olive oil, wheat, spices, metals, honey, and cedar wood.
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Traders from India reached the rest of Southeast Asia by crossing the Isthmus of Kra, rather than making the longer and more difficult journey around the entire Malay Peninsula.
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Parthian Stations is an account from the first century BCE of the overland trade route and posts between the Near East and India.
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Phoenicians were adventurous merchants who built sturdy cargo ships designed to transport large amounts of goods
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Millet, teff, and sorghum are grains that are high in nutrition.When the seeds are ground into flour, it can be used to make porridge or bread. By first centuries CE, millets and teff had spread to the shores of the Indian Ocean .