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5000 BCE
Ancient Fishing Boats
Known to be used for trading since the beginning. -
Period: 700 BCE to 601 BCE
Indigo Dye
Created in Babylon -
Period: 610 BCE to 595 BCE
Pharaoh Necho II
Ruled between this time. Began building a canal linking the Nile River to the Red Sea. -
Period: 550 BCE to 330 BCE
Alexander the great
Defeated Persian Empire. Brought Greek art and culture into contact with foreign lands. -
500 BCE
Hanna
Sailed around the western coast of Africa. -
Period: 500 BCE to 100 BCE
Camel Saddle
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206 BCE
Cloves
The trade of cloves started during this time period. Han dynasty in China kept cloves in the mouths of people while talking to the king. -
Period: 206 BCE to 23
Document Chuien Han Shu
Discussed trade with Iran. -
Period: 200 BCE to 150 BCE
Egyptian Faience Bowl
Made for funeral purposes. -
Period: 200 BCE to 200
Rouletted Pottery
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106 BCE
Zhang Qian
Trade along the routes first crossed, known as the "Silk Road". -
64 BCE
Strabo the Geographer was Born
Was a Greek traveler. -
Period: 1 CE to 100
Phoenician Ships
Ships found in the Labanese City of Sidon in the first century CE. -
Period: 1 CE to 100
Millet
Spread to shores of Indian Ocean. -
70
Periplus of the Erythraen Sea
Written form city of Alexandria. -
100
Pepper
Created in India. -
Period: 100 to 200
Pearls
Favored by wealthy Romans -
Period: 150 to 191
Kushan Gold Coin
Example of how trades resulted in blending of religious ideas. -
Period: 201 to 300
Silk
Discovered in ancient Loulan. -
476
Fall of Roman Empire