Indian Ocean Trade

By sclark009
  • 800 BCE

    Maritime Technology

    The trade among the Indian Ocean began around 800 A.D. with small trading settlements and declined around the 1500's when Portugal invaded and tried running the trade for its own profit. 800 AD is when the Indian Ocean became the central hub of some of the greatest international trade networks.
  • 600 BCE

    Religion

    Between 600-300 BCE, religions started to spread across the Bay of Bengal to Southeast Asia. Those religions were Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Sacred texts influenced languages, storytelling, and scripts, which were exchanged among Indians and Southeast Asians.
  • 600 BCE

    China

    Iron metallurgy became known in China. The trade of Silk began.
  • 600 BCE

    Trade Networks

    Three large trade networks developed between 600 BCE and 300 BCE. They were the Silk Road, the Indian Ocean Trade, and the Saharan Trade
  • 600 BCE

    The Greek trireme

    The most famous ship, the Greek trireme, was operated by 170 rowers and had three tiers of oars.
  • 563 BCE

    Siddhart Gautama (Buddha-India)

    Mahavira founded Jainism after 500 BCE and the beginning of Buddhism became a religion. The trade was gemstones, roulette pottery, ancient fishing boats.
  • 500 BCE

    Greeks and Romans

    Greek and Roman sailors and traders entered the Indian Ocean after 500 BCE and were sent by Darius I, the Persian Ruler.
  • 334 BCE

    Alexander the Great of Macedonia

    Alexander the Great conquers western Asia and the Hellenistic Period begins.