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Normally, a flat bottom boat used for setting out from the coast, could be used with or without a sail, and may have been in in use from 5000 BCE. Boats aided in travel and transport of goods as well as fishing.
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Bananas were cultivated in other places in Southeast Asia as well, then traveled to India, and may have reached Africa by 1000 BCE.
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King David establishes Jerusalem as his capital city.
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The Kamal is a simple navigation device used by Arab navigators in the Indian Ocean since ancient times.
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During this time the Nubian Kingdom rose at Napata
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The Zhou Kingdom ends in China.
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Persians migrate from Iran To Egypt.
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The indigo plant was a valuable plant found in documents, early as the 7th century BCE, in Babylon.
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The iron metallurgy had previously been known in North Africa, Southeast Europe and Western Asia.
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Scylax of Caryanda was an explorer. He was in search of riches in India.
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Cinnamon & Cassia arrived in the gulf of aden.
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Saddles were created for camels and other land animals to ease transport of goods.
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Hanno explores west African Coast
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Alexander the great conquers Western Asia.
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Ashoka helped establish trades.
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The silk road officially opens as a trade route.
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The peppercorns were believed to have originated in India.
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Strabo was a scholar from Greece. He traveled to read the scholarship of others, and from places like the library at Alexandria, Egypt, he was able to collect and compare many sources in order to get a picture of the best state of knowledge about the known world.
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Caesar Augustus (son of Julius Caesar) began to rule the Roman Empire.
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It is believed that this is the time Jesus was born. It is said that he was born in Nazareth.