Indian Ocean Trade

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  • 1000 BCE

    Sugar Cane

  • 1000 BCE

    Bananas

  • Period: 1000 BCE to 1 BCE

    Classical Period

  • 600 BCE

    Silk and Iron

  • Period: 600 BCE to 300 BCE

    New Religions

    Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism spread from the Bay of Bengal to Southeast Asia.
  • Period: 563 BCE to 483 BCE

    Siddhartha Guatama

    Known as the Buddha, is the originator of the Buddhism Religion.
  • Period: 551 BCE to

    Confucius

    The originator of the philosophy of Confucianism
  • Period: 550 BCE to 330 BCE

    Achaemenid Empire - Persia

  • 500 BCE

    Greek and Roman Traders

    At this point, Greek and early Roman traders would enter the Indian Ocean and were sent by Darius I.
  • 440 BCE

    Cinnamon

    Herodotus writes a text discussing the origins of Cinamon
  • 334 BCE

    Alexander the Great's Hellenistic Conquests

    Alexander the Great conquers most of Western Asia thus beginning the Hellenistic Period
  • 332 BCE

    Alexandria

    Built by Alexander the Great, this was a international trade hub.
  • 326 BCE

    Nearchus

    Alexander the Great sends Nearchus to the Arabian Gulf in 326 BCE.
  • Period: 324 BCE to 185 BCE

    Mauryan Empire - India

  • 300 BCE

    Silver, Copper, and Gold

    Around 300 BCE, India exported many goods such as silver copper and gold.
  • Period: 202 BCE to 220

    Han Dynasty - China

  • 150 BCE

    Date Palms

    Spread from southern Arabia, Somalia, and then Egypt.
  • Period: 33 BCE to 476

    Roman Empire

  • 77

    Natural History

    An encyclopedia from 77 CE written by Pliny the Elder. Proves trade between Roman Empire and Arabian Peninsula.
  • 400

    Camels

    Camels were carried by Saharan Berber speaking nomads into North Africa
  • Period: to

    Scylax of Caryanda

    Scylax made a voyage for Darius of Persia from 528 to 468 BCE. Darius had heard of riches in India and wanted to discover the mouth of the Indus River.
  • Period: to

    Phoenicians

    The Phoenicians were at the top of trading in the first millennium BCE. They circumnavigated Africa in 600 BCE and were experts in glass work. They also imported and exported things like wine, olives, olive oil, wheat, spices, metals, honey, and cedar wood.