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5000 BCE
Mesoamerican civilization
Plant food increased. People grew beans, peppers, avocados, squash and maize. -
2000 BCE
Mesoamerica
Pottery innovations began -
Period: 800 BCE to 1000
Migration of Bantu speakers throughout Subsaharan Africa
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300 BCE
Eurasia and African Trading Goods Routes
Eurasia and Africa developed permenant trade exchange system to Rome, China, Japan-chinese silks, porcelains, jewels, spices and bulk goods metal ores or food stuffs -
Period: 300 BCE to 300
Eurasia/African Trading Goods & Routes
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200 BCE
China improved horse harness
Chinese developed straps that would not choke horses. This harness facilitated trade within China and Asia and later Europe by 500 BCE -
133 BCE
Roman Republic Expansion
Rome dominated much of the Mediterrean world in 133B.C.E. including territories in Asia like Sardis and Miletus -
Period: 70 BCE to 19 BCE
Vergil
One of the greatest Roman poet during the 'Golden Age' of Latin literature; author of Aeneid -
2 BCE
Slave Labor
Bands of slaves used in mining and agricultural estates, household or craft productions. At least 2 million slaves passed through Italy during 2nd and 1st century B.C.E. -
16
India became pivot of great Indian Ocean trading
India's trading network stretched from Red Sea &Persian Gulf into west of S.China Sea. India manufactured cotton textiles and bronze statuaries -
Period: 200 to 500
Mound Builders
Hopewell North American building structure where, burials. Some burials contained jewelry, weapons, personal items, religious symbols of copper, quartz, galena, and mica and other materials and traded goods. -
300
Early spread of Christianity from Middle East into the Roman Empire
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Period: 300 to 200
Trade routes extended across Saharan desert
Horses and chariots used as transportation across the desert. -
Period: 400 to 600
Migration of Slavic peoples into eastern and southeastern Europe
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Period: 800 to 1100
Growth of the trans-Saharan gold trade