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Trade developments and networks by way of the Indian Ocean

By Gisele12
  • 5000 BCE

    Where Everything Began

    The Indian Ocean system-generated out of the continuous combination of earlier local networks. Trade network emerged to supply the needs for goods
  • 3299 BCE

    3300

    Earliest writing system developed
  • Travelers
    3000 BCE

    Travelers

    Travelers in small canoes and rafts traveled between towns and trading ports near coastlines from Arabia to the Indian subcontinent.
  • Millet and Sorghum
    2000 BCE

    Millet and Sorghum

    Grains imported from the East African coast
  • 507 BCE

    507

    Roman Republic Begins
  • 33 BCE

    Major Export

    Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism spread from India to Southeast Asia, brought by merchants rather than by missionaries.
  • 960

    Stronger Trade tie

    Developing strong trade ties along the land-based Silk Roads, and encouraging maritime trade.
  • 1498

    1498

    New Mariners made way in the Indian Ocean River

  • 1700

    The Indian Ocean shifted to industrial, imperial, and advanced in information and shipping