Indian Ocean Trades

  • 2500 BCE

    Fishing boats

    A flat bottomed boat is used for the setting from the coast. Boat aided in travel and transport of goods as well as fishing.
  • 1680 BCE

    Indian Trade Collapsing

    Goods increasingly moving to Europe. Asian empires fell apart.
  • 1490 BCE

    Pirates

    Pirates were known as the Portugues began to rob and extort producers and ships that were merchants.
  • 1000 BCE

    Bananas

    bananas were in Southeast Asia then transported to India and reach Africa.
  • 1000 BCE

    Sugar Cane

    Sugar Cane comes from Southeast Asia, by 1000 BCE. Sugar cane had reached India, that is where it was gathered in bigger groups. After the Era it became known as sugar use for cooking in Persia.
  • 1000 BCE

    Aryan People Settlement

    started to settle in India.
  • 900 BCE

    Kamal

    Navigation was created and this helps the Arabs navigate through the Indian Ocean.
  • 800 BCE

    Nubian Kingdom

    Nubian Kingdom rose at Napata
  • 750 BCE

    Persians Movement

    The people of Persian moved to Egypt from Iran
  • 700 BCE

    Indigo Plant

    was used as dye for silks.
  • 600 BCE

    Trade Routes

    3 large trade networks. They belonged to the Silk Road, then the Indian Ocean trade, and the Saharan trade.
  • 500 BCE

    Cinnamon

    cinnamon was transported through the Gulf of Aden carried on the Red Sea
  • 500 BCE

    Hanno

    Admiral from the Phoenician city Carthage.
  • 500 BCE

    Diseases Spread

    Diseases were spread through the trading goods and movement of people.
  • 460 BCE

    Saddle Production

    they were produced to make easy transportation of goods
  • 256 BCE

    Zhou Kingdom

    Came to China after the king was killed
  • 60 BCE

    Religion

    Buddhism and Hinduism grew out through this time period
  • 30 BCE

    Caesar Augustus

    ruled over the Roman Empire.