Global Civilization

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  • 8000 BCE

    Bananas

    either 8,000 BCE or 5,000 BCE
  • 5000 BCE

    Ancient Fishing Boats

  • 1000 BCE

    Mangrove poles, tortoise shells, ivory, and rhinocerous horns

    3,000 years ago
  • 1000 BCE

    Frankincense and Myrhn

    Classical Era
  • 1000 BCE

    Cinnamon adn Cassia

    3,000 years ago
  • 1000 BCE

    Suagr Cane

  • 610 BCE

    Pharaoh Necho II

    Began building a canal linking the Nile River and the Red Sea, hired Phoenicians to explore seas surrounding Africa; 610-595 BCE
  • 601 BCE

    Indigo

    7th Century BCE
  • 600 BCE

    Greek politics

    About 300 cities developed the Greek form of politics
  • 510 BCE

    Scylax of Caryanda

    Voyage unto Indian Ocean (from Indus River to Arabian Sea to Harmozeia to Oman to Arabian Peninsula to Yememi Ports to the Red Sea ending at Suez); wrote a handbook for mariners; 510-515 BCE
  • 500 BCE

    Camal Sadle

    500-100 BCE
  • 500 BCE

    Hanno

    Admiral from Phoenician city of Carthage, sailed the Western coast of Africa, documented the journey which provided the earliest known descriptions of West Africa; 500 BCE
  • 400 BCE

    Cinnamon in the Histories of Herodotus

    Roman Empire
  • 336 BCE

    Alexander the Great

    Ambitious military commander (led an army of 48,500 soldiers), founded Alexandria (major center for art and trade); 336 BCE
  • 326 BCE

    Nearchus

    Alexander the Greats' captain of navy; explorer; 326-325 BCE
  • 301 BCE

    Isthmus of Kra

    Separates the Indian Ocean and the China Sea, used when traveling by land was too dangerous; 4th Century BCE
  • 271 BCE

    Ashoka

    Spread Buddhism around; 271-232 BCE
  • 206 BCE

    Cloves

    206 BCE- 220 CE
  • 138 BCE

    Zhang Qian

    Opened up China to many foreign lands and cultures, 'Silk Road' trade routes
  • 101 BCE

    Camels and date production

    between 2nd and 5th Century CE
  • 101 BCE

    Slavery

    Slavery spread steadily from Rome; 2nd Century BCE
  • 101 BCE

    Silk Road

    One of the main trading roads from China, Central Asia, India, Middle East and Mediterranean; 2nd Century BCE
  • 64 BCE

    Strabo the Geographer

    Traveled to read the scholarships of others (comparing the sources to get a better picture of the state of knowledge in the known world); 64-23 BCE
  • 1 BCE

    Isodorus of Carax

    Vast expansion in international trade between the Roman Empire, the Parthian Empire, The Kushan Empire, the Nomadic Confederation of Xiongua, and the Han Empire; wrote a book describing geography; 1st Century BCE
  • 1 BCE

    Phoenicians

    Dominated trade ad travel; 1st millennium BCE
  • 1 BCE

    Pepper

    1st Century BCE
  • 1 CE

    Muziris

    1st Century
  • 1 CE

    Phoenician Ships

    1st Century CE
  • 1 CE

    Navigation By Polaris

    Phoenicians were 1st to use; roughly around 1st Century CE
  • 1 CE

    Kamal

    Ancient Times
  • 1 CE

    Millet

    1st Century CE
  • 1 CE

    Silk

    Between 1st and 3rd Century CE
  • 100

    Pearls

    100-200 CE
  • 100

    Gemstones

    No date was given but they were small like pearls so maybe around 100-200 CE like pearls