Indian ocean

The Classical Period: The Indian Ocean Trade Passage

By isanchez05076
  • 1000 BCE

    Aksum 1000 BCE-700BCE

    The Aksum Kingdom was rich and prosperous in the time they existed. They traded extensively Greece and other foreign regions. They controlled the African gold and ivory trade.
  • 1000 BCE

    Bananas

    Bananas are key as they were only cultivated in places like Southeast Asia They then traveled to India, and could've reached Africa by around 1000 BCE.
  • 1000 BCE

    Sugar Cane

    Sugar cane originated Southeast Asia, by 1000 BCE, sugar cane reached India. Here it was cultivated on a much larger scale. By the end of the Classical Era, sugar was known in Persia.
  • 1000 BCE

    Beginning of the Classical Era

    The Classical Era across the Indian Ocean begins.
  • 1000 BCE

    Phoenicians

    The Phoenicians dominated trade and travel during the first millennium BCE. Phoenicians imported and exported items like wine, olives, olive oil, spices, wheat, honey, cedar wood, and metals.
  • Period: 1000 BCE to 1 BCE

    The Classical Period: The Indian Ocean Trade Passage

  • 800 BCE

    Rise of the Nubian Kingdom

    Nubia dominates Egypt. The Zhou Kingdom ends in China.
  • 610 BCE

    Pharaoh Necho II's Reign 610 BCE – 595 BCE

    Pharaoh Necho II rules Egypt from 610-595 BCE
  • 563 BCE

    Buddhism- 563 BCE – 483 BCE

    Buddhism develops in India.
  • 550 BCE

    Alexander the Great Defeats the Persian Empire- 550 BCE – 330 BCE

    Alexander the Great defeated the Persian Empire (550-330 BCE) over the course of eleven years. He extended Greek control over lands in western Asia, Egypt, Central Asia, and the Indus Valley.
  • 522 BCE

    Darius- 522 BCE – 486 BCE

    Daruis I rules over the Persian Empire.
  • 500 BCE

    Camel Saddles- 500 BCE

    The camel saddles started in 500 BCE. The saddles were used between 500-100BCE. They were a vital invention during this era. The camel saddles allowed riders to sit on a camels hump without hurting the camel or hurting themselves.
  • 500 BCE

    Cinnamon- 500 BCE

    Cinnamon and Cassia arrived at the Gulf of Aden.
  • 206 BCE

    Cloves- 206 BCE

    Cloves are native to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia.They can grow up to 30 feet tall and were really popular.
  • 100 BCE

    Pearls- 100 BCE

    Pearls were produced by oysters and had to be fished out of the sea. They were a popular jewelry worn by the Romans.
  • 64 BCE

    Strabo the Geographe- 64 BCE – 23 BCE

    Strabo was a Greek traveler and the author of the famous work Geography. He was said to born in Amasia, Greece, in 64 BCE and died in about 23 CE. He was a scholar who traveled to places like the library at Alexandria, Egypt. Here he was able to collect and compare many sources in order to get a picture of the best state of knowledge about the known world which he then wrote about.
  • 31 BCE

    Caesar Augustus- 31 BCE – 14 BCE

    The son of Julius Caesar, Caesar Augustus rules the Roman Empire