Week 2 Indian Ocean trade route- Sarah Tipping

By Sarah.Tipping98
  • 1279 BCE

    Chola Empire

    They amazed travelers with their weather and luxury goods. Chinese traders talked about witnessing these luxury goods, like Gold fabrics and jewels.
  • 550 BCE

    Archaemenid Empire became involved

    Persia, a major empire that started traded, until 330 ice
  • 324 BCE

    Mauryan Empire became involved

    India joined the trading route, until 186 BCE
  • 202 BCE

    Han Dynasty became involved

    China joined the route, for 20 years
  • 33 BCE

    Roman Empire became involved

    Mediterranean, was trading until 476 CE
  • 7

    Srivijaya Empire

    7 to 13th CE, their trading excelled simples based upon taxing trading vessels that moved through the streets of Malacca.
  • 400

    Trade began to evolve and grow

    Specifically from, 400 to 1450 CE
  • 618

    Tang and Song dynasties

    They helped build trade routes linked with Silk roads and maritime.
  • 661

    Rise of Umayyad

    661 to 750 CE
  • 750

    Rise of Abbasid

    750- 1258
  • 800

    Angkor Civilization

    800 to 1327. Based in the inlands in Cambodia. They used a unique approach, by using the Mekong River as a highway for their trading.
  • 1405

    Yongle Emperor- China's New Ming Dynasty

    He went on seven expeditions to trade with all the trading partners within the many Empires.
  • 1460

    Vasco DeGama

    1460 to 1524. His soldiers traveled around the southern point of Africa, Traveling to new seas.
  • 1500

    Europe trading routes grew

    This overthrew the older Asian trading routes, causing a collapse. The 2 thousand year old trade route came to an end in the early 1500s.

  • Dutch East India Company

    This European powered entered the trading route, Goods like spices, nutmeg and Mace.

  • British East India Company

    They also joined the trading Route, They challenged the Dutch for control over the routes.

  • REFERENCES

    Szczepanski, Kallie. "Indian Ocean Trade Routes." ThoughtCo, Aug. 09, 2019, thoughtco.com/indian-ocean-trade-routes-195514.