Indian Ocean Trade Network & Development

By kaliquinones
  • 3000 BCE

    Seasonal Monsoon Wind Patterns

    The seasonal monsoon wind patterns were discovered and highly predictable, establishing a low-risk trade route.
  • 1000 BCE

    Bananas

    Bananas traveled to India and my even have reached Africa by around 1000 BCE
  • 1000 BCE

    Sugar Cane

    Sugar Cane were brought to India in 1000 BCE. It was originally from Southeast Asia.
  • Period: 1000 BCE to 300 BCE

    Classical Era

  • 700 BCE

    Indigo Dye

    Indigo dye was used to color silks. Rome, Greece, and China all used Indigo as a resource.
  • 600 BCE

    The Indian Trade and other trade networks

    The Indian Ocean trade Network developed between 600 BCE and 600 CE along with the other two large trade networks known as the Silk Road and the Saharan trade.
  • 600 BCE

    Iron

    Iron was being introduced to China and was highly priced.
  • 600 BCE

    Silk

    Silk was popular and expensive in India, the middle east, and to the Roman Empire.
  • Period: 600 BCE to 300 BCE

    Religion

    The thought and concepts of religion were spread through the Indian ocean trade routes to different cultures. Some of these religions included Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
  • 550 BCE

    Alexandria

    Alexander the Great founded Alexandria in Egypt which became a major trading post.
  • 500 BCE

    Cinnamon and Cassia

    Both cinnamon and cassia were brought to the Gulf of Aden through the seasonal monsoon winds around 500 BCE.
  • 500 BCE

    Camel Saddles

    Camel Saddles were invented in 500 BCE. They were of vital importance to those who were travelling along the routes of the trade network by camel. These saddles made it easier and more comfortable to ride the camel without causing the camel any harm.
  • 330 BCE

    Defeating the Persian Empire

    Alexander the Great defeated the Persian Empire. He extended his control to lands in Asia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley.
  • 326 BCE

    Alexander the Great and Nearchus

    Alexander the Great sent Nearchus from the Indus to the Arabian Gulf, and other Greeks sailed to India and around the Arabian Peninsula to Oman.
  • 300 BCE

    Waterways and Trade Routes

    The Indian Ocean Trade Network was operated through sailing to different ports across the ocean.
  • 206 BCE

    Cloves

    Cloves were very popular amongst groups in India and Romans in particular. Cloves are native to Indonesia.
  • 100 BCE

    Pepper

    Pepper was traded ata great value because the Romans found it to be worth more than its weight in gold.
  • 100 BCE

    Disease

    Smallpox, measles, and the bubonic plague were common in Rome and China. Both populations decreased dramatically due to these conflictions. The Roman Empire weakened greatly because of this.
  • 100 BCE

    Pearls

    Pearls were gathered from fishing oysters and were made into jewelry that Romans would often wear.
  • 64 BCE

    Strabo the Geographe

    Strabo was said to be born in Amasya, Greece.Strabo was a well-known scholar who travelled many places. The library at Alexandria is an example of one of these places. Along the Indian Ocean trade routes, Strabo was able to gather many sources to create the best state of knowledge of the world as we know it. It was then he wrote all about this knowledge.