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2300 BCE
Cotton was first domesticated in India
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2000 BCE
India made dyeing techniques
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321 BCE
India's search for gold
India used to trade with Siberia but due to trafficking issues, they started to trade with the Malays -
300 BCE
Malays sailed north to the southern coasts of China and India
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100 BCE
Malays began to deliver cinnamon from South China to East Africa and the Red Sea
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100 BCE
Malay sailors reached the east coast of Africa
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1 CE
Egypt became a market for cotton
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1 CE
India began supplying the Mediterranean with pepper
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100
Demand for textiles in the Mediterranean and East Africa
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100
India made trip by sea to China
India found their way to China due to their desire for silk, but the trip was slow -
300
India was led to the shores of Africa
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300
Malay sailors began to ride the monsoons
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350
Indians discovered the crystallization of sugar
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370
Fine spices from the Moluccas were important in international trade
The fine spices were cloves, nutmeg, and mace -
400
India was trading in Southeast Asia
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400
Malays had found 2/3 of the world from Easter Island to East Africa
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400
Malays altered the route to China
Malays found way to avoid a portage by going around the islands instead of going through them -
499
Indians invented the concept of the number zero
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1500
European ships entered Asian trading ports
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Moluccas were the only ones to produce the fine spices in commercial quantities until this point
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India had clothed the world