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This type of dugout, a flat-bottomed boat used for setting out from the coast, could be used with or without a sail, and may have been in use from 5000 BCE. These boats were the oldest fishing boats.
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Trade in the Indian Ocean becomes clearer.
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Long-distance trade from Egypt and Mesopotamia declined around 1000 BCE
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Bananas were refined in in Southeast Asia, then they traveled to India, and reached Africa by around 1000 BCE.
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Expansion of long-distance trade grew greatly in the 1300 years from 1000 BCE to 300 CE.
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During the second half of the millennium, trade expanded among new groups of people.
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Iron metallurgy is know in china
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Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism spread across the Bay of Bengal to Southeast Asia.
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600 BCB - 600 CE
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Alexander the Great defeated the Persian Empire (550-330 BCE) and extended Greek control over lands in western Asia, Egypt, Central Asia, and the Indus Valley.
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Camel Saddles developed un Northern Arabia.
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The Isthmus of Kra is a narrow strip of land that connects the Malay Peninsula to the continent of Asia 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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Alexander the great was was declared king of that ancient Greek state in 336 BCE. An military commander, he led the largest army - a total of about 48,500 soldier He also founded the city of Alexandria in Egypt, which would become a major center of art and trade.
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Silk cloth, first developed in China. It was both traded and used as a form of money, reflecting its high value and importance internationally. The "Silk Road," which connected the Mediterranean, the Middle East, India, Central Asia, and China, began to flourish with the rise of the Roman Empire (27 BCE) and the Han Dynasty (206 BCE).
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Arikamedu was a trade center in the southeast coast of Indin.
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Archaeological site near the mouth of the river.
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Zhang Qian introduced Chinese culture and technology, and brought back foreign music, dance forms, and foods like grapes, pomegranates, watermelon, and walnuts. By 106 BCE trade and interaction along the routes he first crossed, which became known as the 'Silk Road,' was commonplace.
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At the end of the first century BCE trade between the following five neighboring powers: the Roman Empire, the Parthian Empire, the Kushan Empire, the Nomadic Confederation of the Xiongnu, and the Han Empire. Isodorus of Charax, a Parthian Greek from the city of Charax,wrote several books documenting the geography of this vast region.
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Greek and Roman sailors and traders entered the Indian Ocean after 500 BCE
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Sugar cane is a type of grass that manufactures sugar. From its origins in Southeast Asia, sugar cane reached India, where it was refined on a larger scale.
