Week 2 Timeline on the Indian Ocean Trade Route By rparrish 2000 BCE Indian Oceans' Key 1680 BCE British East India Company 1602 BCE European power 1500 BCE Growing Importance of production 1500 BCE Social effects of the Indian Ocean trade happened 1500 BCE Environmental effects 1498 BCE New Mariners 1498 BCE New Mariners cont. 1493 BCE Queen Hatchepsut 1405 BCE Foreign traders 1405 BCE Ming Voyages 1400 BCE Maritime Trade 1400 BCE Diasporic Communities 1279 BCE The Tang and Song Dynasty 1258 BCE Medieval era trade 1100 BCE The Dhow ship 1100 BCE Phonician ships involved 1000 BCE Trade slowed down between Egypt and Mesopotamia 1000 BCE The Island of Zanzibar 1000 BCE Bananas and sugar cane 1000 BCE Taklamakan Desert Period: 900 BCE to 1900 BCE Timespan