Classical Period: The Indian Ocean

  • 5000 BCE

    Fishing Boats

    Use of high quality fishing boats
  • 1000 BCE

    Banana

    Banana's land on the continent of Africa
  • 431 BCE

    Peloponnesian War

    Reshaped Athens
  • 206

    Cloves

    Cloves were a very important part of the spice trade, connecting the islands of Southeast Asia to the Asian mainland and other distant regions.
  • 300

    Trans-Saharan Trade

    Established a land based trade route to Africa
  • 500

    Greeks and Romans

    The Greeks and Romans brought a more updated, risk-taking version of trading