Indian Ocean trade

By Jfrench001
  • 1000 BCE

    Indian Ocean trade

    Indian Ocean trade
    During the classical period, the Indian River was a huge way of trade.
    trade: Bananas were the major trade at this time
    Sugar Cane
  • 800 BCE

    800 B.C.E.

    Nubia dominates Egypt
    Trade: Ivory, Rhino horns, camels
  • 771 BCE

    771 B.C.E

    Zhou kingdom ends in China
  • 600 BCE

    600 B.C.E.

    600 B.C.E.
    Greek coin currency began
    trade: silk
  • 563 BCE

    563 B.C.E

    563 B.C.E
    India begins the religion known today as Buddism
    trade: gemstones, pottery and fishing boats
  • 551 BCE

    551 B.C.E.

    Philosophy of Confucianism begins in China
  • 550 BCE

    550 B.C.E.

    Alexander the great defeated the Persian Empire.
    At this time, the city of Alexandria was found in Egypt.
    This city became huge in art and trade.
  • 522 BCE

    522 B.C.E.

    Persian Empire is ruled by Darius I
  • 507 BCE

    507 B.C.E.

    Roman Republic begins
  • 500 BCE

    500 B.C.E.

    Greek and Roman sailors entered the Indian Ocean in order trade more goods
    Hanno sailed around the western coast of Africa esablishing many small colonies. He also started a trading post on an island off the coast of Mauritania.
  • 500 BCE

    500 B.C.E.

    500 B.C.E.
    Camel saddles were invented. This made it easier and faster for trade to occur.
  • 447 BCE

    447 B.C.E.

    Athenian Empire in Greece
  • 399 BCE

    399 B.C.E.

    Socrates trial and death
  • 334 BCE

    334 B.C.E.

    334 B.C.E.
    Alexander the Great conquers western Asia
    Hellenistic period begins
  • 323 BCE

    323 B.C.E.

    Ptolemaic kings rule in Egypt
  • 300 BCE

    300 B.C.E.

    A trade route came through the Sahara Dessert. This helped make trading faster and easier. Camels were used to transport goods through this route.
  • 271 BCE

    271 B.C.E.

    Ashoka encouraged contact, that helped establish trade relations.
  • 206 BCE

    206 B.C.E.

    Han dynasty rules China
    trade: cloves (very important spice trade)
  • 100 BCE

    100 B.C.E.

    100 B.C.E.
    trade: Pearls (used for jewelry or decorations)
    Diseases started out breaking in China and Rome. These included smallpox, measles, and bubonic plague.
  • 31 BCE

    31 B.C.E.

    Caesar Augustus rules the Roman Empire