Indian Ocean

Halpo Group K*

90,000 BCE

This group came from southwest Asia, some people branched off into other Halpo Groups but the K* is still being carried along to this present day. This group was apart of the original migration from Middle East, across the Indian River.

Indian Ocean

Period: 90,000 BCE to 5000 BCE

Networks
Significant people
Events
Technology
Post/transportation
Goods
Effects of Trade

Pebble Tools

74,000 BCE

Malaysian Peninsula was one of the sites that first gave evidence of human habitation. Found there were stone tools. These tools were made by chipping off one side to make a cutting edge. These tools were made by modern humans that can from Africa.

Radio Carbon

50,000 BCE

Within the last 50 years, radiocarbon has been displayed within a picture. Before this picture, the people used to use the radiation from the cosmos, or space. Storms and weather bring something called C-14. C-14 is dangerous to animals. After animals eat too much of C-14 they will die.

Human Interaction

50,000 BCE

Fossil records have shown that human culture was found including trade, art, and some type of written language.

Population

30,000 BCE

The total amount of population of homo sapiens in the world estimated to be 300,000 within the world.

Hunting Tools

13,000 BCE

Bows and arrows were created to make hunting easier for the settlers in the new lands.

Farming

7000 BCE

Agriculture was found at this time. This was the first time that this was brought up within history.

Rice

5000 BCE

Rice is one of the most popular ideas eaten by people. Rice started out a wild grass. Rice originally grew in Northeastern India, Myanmar, and Thailand. By 1400 BCE rice spread to southern tips of India.

Bananas

4000 BCE

Bananas came from New Guinea. The bananas were cultivated at the same time Lapita ceramics on the island.

Writing

3300 BCE

Wiring was created during the Ancient Era. The writing was originally written clay tables. Mesopotamians began using symbols, known as pictographs, to record information. Another early spirit was Egyptian hieroglyphics.

Pyramids

2469 BCE

From 2469 BCE- 2150 BCE the great pyramids of Giz and Saqqara were built during the Old Kindom period in Egyp.

Cotton

2400 BCE

Cotton was traded throughout all the ports of India. Cotton had many advantages since it is easily washable, absorbent, and cools in hot weather. This cotton was created into India's coasts and sold around Indian Oceans.

Solar Calendar

2000 BCE

The Egyptian created a calendar with three characters to represent the three season. They figured out the seasons based on the frequency that the Nile River flooded. The names of the seasons were Akhet(June-October), Proyet (end of October-February), Shomu (end of February to June). By the end of 2000 BCE, they officially created a calendar that involved 365-days.

Trading

1961 BCE

Brittian created a trading factory in India.

Rudyard Kipling

1840 BCE

Rudyard Kipling was a poet that was well known for his work called "The jungle book, Just so stories". People have mentioned that his work is, "Some considered his work ironic and a satire of the imperial ideals of the West".

Telephones

1837 BCE

During this time the first telephone was created for communication.

Cotton hits United States

1826 BCE

During this time Cotton was finally traded to the United States. This was when the United States started using cotton instead of other materials.

Ships

1400 BCE

Austronesian boats were the dug-out canoe and the rafts. These boats gave the Austrians the advantage to settle across the seas in Hawaii.

Alexander

334 BCE

During the time period of 334 BCE-232 BCE, Alexander the Great of Macedonia conquers western Asia and begins Hellenistic period.

Rail Roads

1900

The railroad lines were built at the end of the 19th and 20th century in Uganda and Kenya. By 1900 the railroad was built in other places so the trade could be transferred with this transportation.

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