Indian Trading Route - Classical Era

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  • 1000 BCE

    Sugar Cane Arrived in India

    It was considered a luxury item or used in medicine. It was later used to sweeten the breath.
  • 1000 BCE

    Bananas

    Bananas reached Africa.
  • 1000 BCE

    New Trading Partners

    Around this time trading with Egypt and Mesopotamia began to decline and trading with new partners began to climb.
  • 1000 BCE

    Monsoons Help Trade Industry

    The predictable winds of the monsoon season helped traders plan voyages.
  • Period: 1000 BCE to 300

    Sri Lanka Port

    This port linked the eastern and western ports to the Indian Ocean. It was a stopping place for merchants from Rome, Africa and Persia.
  • Period: 1000 BCE to 300

    Muziris Port

    This was a Roman-Indian Port
  • Period: 610 BCE to 595 BCE

    Pharaoh Necho II

    Necho ruled Egypt for about 15 years. He began building a canal to connect the Nile River to the Red Sea but after careful thought he halted construction. He hired the Phoenicians to circumnavigate Africa so that he could better understand it geography.
  • Period: 600 BCE to 300 BCE

    Spread of Religions

    Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism spread into SE Asia via the Bay of Bengal.
  • 500 BCE

    Cinnamon and Cassia

    They arrived with the monsoon winds. They were transported by way of the Red Sea or by land caravan trading groups.
  • 500 BCE

    Admiral Hanno

    Hanno was a Phoenician Admiral who sailed around the African coast. He is credited with the earliest known recorded details of West Africa. He set up many colonies along the Moroccan coastline. He set up a trading post in Mauritania. To navigate his way through the seas, he used the Polaris Navigational Guides. As a Phoenician, he used the impressively sturdy Phoenician ships that were praised for their technological advanced features.
  • 500 BCE

    King Darius I of Persia

    King Darius 1 commissioned Greek and Roman traders to enter the Indian Ocean to begin trading with merchants.
  • 500 BCE

    Nearchus

    Alexander the Great sent Nearchus to trade with merchants in the Arabian Gulf.
  • Period: 500 BCE to 100 BCE

    Camel Saddle

    The camel saddle was developed in Arabia to make riding camels easier on both the animal and its rider. It allowed loads to be more evenly distributed on the camels back. It also put the weight on the camels strongest bones.
  • 336 BCE

    Alexander the Great

    Alexander became King of Macedonia. He once lead an army of 48,500 soldiers. Under his command, they defeated the Persian Empire. He established the town of Alexandria in Egypt.
  • Period: 323 BCE to 185 BCE

    Mauryan Empire

    India's Mauryan Empire lasted 138 years.
  • Period: 300 BCE to 600

    Berenike Port

    This was an Egyptian Port on the Red Sea that was used for international trade.
  • Period: 206 BCE to 220 BCE

    Cloves

    Cloves were traded along the routes from Europe to China. It was imported by the Romans. The trade of cloves connected SE Asia to mainland Asia.
  • 130 BCE

    Silk Road

    China's Han Dynasty established the Silk Road Route to open up trading with the West.
  • 111 BCE

    Spread of Illness

    Travelers on the Silk Road were victims of Liver Fluke Worms, Round Worms, Whip Worms and Tape Worms. They encountered the parasites when consuming undercooked meat or infected vegetation. The worms caused abdominal cramping, diarrhea, and jaundice.
  • 64 BCE

    Strabo

    Strabo was born in 64 BCE. He traveled the world studying the writings of other scholars. He took the best of their documentation and combined it into a book called, Geography.