Indian Ocean Trade Route

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  • 550 BCE

    Achaemenid Empire in Persia

    Persian Jewels traded to Mauryan
  • 400 BCE

    Trade began

    Empires began involving in trade.
  • 324 BCE

    Mauryan Empire in India

  • 202 BCE

    Han Dynasty in China

    Silk traded to Romans
  • 33 BCE

    Roman Empire

    Coins traded in India
  • 400

    Medieval Era

    Trade began to pick up during this time
  • 700

    Religions spread

    Many religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam were brought to new areas.
  • 750

    Ummayad and Abbasid

    Powerful ports for the trade route.
  • 900

    Tang and Song

    Popular trade routes along the Silk road.
  • 990

    First mention of compass in China

  • Period: 1271 to 1295

    Marco Polo

    Sails through China sea and Indian Ocean
  • 1405

    Zheng He

    A military admiral who traveled from China to Arabia several times.
  • 1490

    Ahmad Ibn Majid

    Fawaid, encyclopedia written for sailors
  • 1498

    Portuguese enter the trade route

    Vasco Da Gama and Portuguese begin to enter the route and fought for trade, causing a decline in the trade route.

  • Dutch East India Company entered

  • British enter

    Challenged for trade routes, the route began to fall apart.