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It was considered a luxury item or used in medicine. It was later used to sweeten the breath.
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Bananas reached Africa.
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Around this time trading with Egypt and Mesopotamia began to decline and trading with new partners began to climb.
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The predictable winds of the monsoon season helped traders plan voyages.
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This port linked the eastern and western ports to the Indian Ocean. It was a stopping place for merchants from Rome, Africa and Persia.
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This was a Roman-Indian Port
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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.
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Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism spread into SE Asia via the Bay of Bengal.
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They arrived with the monsoon winds. They were transported by way of the Red Sea or by land caravan trading groups.
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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.
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King Darius 1 commissioned Greek and Roman traders to enter the Indian Ocean to begin trading with merchants.
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Alexander the Great sent Nearchus to trade with merchants in the Arabian Gulf.
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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.
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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.
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India's Mauryan Empire lasted 138 years.
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This was an Egyptian Port on the Red Sea that was used for international trade.
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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.
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China's Han Dynasty established the Silk Road Route to open up trading with the West.
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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.
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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.