Indian ocean

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  • 1000 BCE

    major empires involved

    mauryan Empire, the Han Dynasty, The Achaemenid Empire, and the Roman Empire.
  • 1000 BCE

    Bannans

    bananas spreed to China and into the middle east
  • 550 BCE

    Alexander the great

    Alexander defeated the Persians in the Persian war he gained control of Egypt, Central Asia, and the Indus Valley. He also founded the city of Alexandria in Egypt, which would become a major center of art and trade.
  • 550 BCE

    The camel saddle

    500 and 100 BCE this allowed the camels to carry more which made trading and traveling a lot easier for the people.
  • 510 BCE

    Scylax of Caryanda

    510-515bc
    He went of a voyage to find riches but instead he met people and opened a new trading area
  • 500 BCE

    Greek and Roman

    the greeks and Romans entered the indian oceans after 500bc they where sent by by Persian Ruler Darius I.This allowed for more goods to filter in
  • 500 BCE

    Hanno

    In 500bc he was sent to explore Libya aka Africa. He s established several colonies along the Moroccan coast and a trading post on a small island off the coast of Mauritania.
  • 300 BCE

    Trans-Saharan Trade

    the land-based trade route in Northern Africa that cut though the Sahara Desert. This allowed trading to be done more effectively. It used camels for transportation of goods which also made it more efficient.