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2500 BCE
Trade
Extensive trade between Harappa and Mesopotamia -
2500 BCE
Popular Post
There was many post that were popular because of what they had. -
2000 BCE
Textiles
Color Textile trades had begun -
1500 BCE
Crops
Successful dissemination of new crops was not popular till now -
500 BCE
Sailors and Traders
Greek and Roman sailors and traders had entered the ocean trade routes -
180 BCE
Diseases 161-180
The Han empire and the roman empire suffered large scale outbreaks of epidemic disease likely due to contact with merchants -
130 BCE
Where it started
The trade had started by Eudoxus of Cyzicus -
1331
African Scholar
An African scholar had traveled in Kilwa and wrote of its immense buildings. -
1399
Gujarat/Malabar Coast
-Delhi Sultanate Wealth
Trade: Cotton,linen,silk,indigo
-Manufacture:Leather,jewelry,carpets -
1399
Malacca
South China Sea Passage
-Political Rivalries
-Majapahit/Chinese pirates -
1399
Newer Port City
- Alliances with Siam/China -Islamic Conversion -Meeting point for traders from china and India
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1400
Swahili City
The city states had steadily grew and prospered and was one of the major world economic powers. -
1497
Portuguese 1497-98
The Portuguese were mainly active in Calicut -
1498
Portuguese Captain
Captain Vasco Da Gama had come up bustling through port cities -
1498
People around The Indian Ocean
People around the Indian ocean had no need for wool or fur clothing to iron cooking pots or even meager products. -
1499
Returning back
Da Gama had returned to Portugal and told the king and queen who had helped with his voyage about everything he saw from gold to ivory to silk to many more.