Indian Ocean Timeline

By JamiCropper
  • 1000 BCE

    Egypt and Mesopotamia

    Egypt and Mesopotamia began the idea of the trade route
  • 950 BCE

    King Mu of Zhou

    One of the 1st travelers on the trade route
  • 700 BCE

    Greek and Rome

    Greek and Rome begin using trade route
  • 600 BCE

    Trade begins to flow

    Multiple Empires begin to use the trade route
  • 600 BCE

    India imports goods

    India begins to import various items such as Gold, Sliver,
  • Period: 600 BCE to 300 BCE

    Religion begins to cross the trade route

    Hinduism and Buddhism along with other religions spread
  • 542 BCE

    Sickness and Diease spread

    Due to rats, chickens, and other foreign animals diseases like the Black Plague spread at rapid rates
  • 339 BCE

    Alexandria Eschate

    A port town Alexander the Great developed
  • 330 BCE

    Alexander and Central Asia

    Alexander the Great takes over Central Asia, which created a longer trade route
  • 300 BCE

    Alexander the Great

    Took down major empires, such as, Egypt, Greece and Persian Empires. This act lead to the beginning of several major ports along the trade route.
  • Period: 206 BCE to 220 BCE

    Han Dynasty

    During Han's ruling he brought new tools, such as, printing machines, gunpowder, silkworms and silk spinning machines.
  • Period: 171 BCE to 138

    Mithridates I of Parthia

    Worked to make stronger alliances to broaden the trade routes
  • 130 BCE

    Han from the Ottoman Empire

    Opened the trade route to the west due to conflict in the east