Trade Developments Along the Indian Ocean

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  • 3000 BCE

    Trade Routes First Started

    In 3000 BCE, was when the beginning of the Indian Trade Routes started.
  • 1500 BCE

    Smallpox

    Smallpox started to spread along the Indian Ocean and wiped out a high amount of the population. This disease was caused by the interaction of people doing trades overseas.
  • 1000 BCE

    Han Dynasty in the Classical Era

    From 1000 BCE to 300 CE the Han Dynasty was a major contributor to the Indian Ocean Trade. China traded gold, silver and other metals.
  • 500 BCE

    Greeks and Romans

    Greeks and Romans discovered the Indian Ocean Trade routes.
  • 323 BCE

    Monsoons

    Monsoons played a big role in the Indian Ocean trade. Once people discovered monsoons in created an advancement in the trade systems.
  • 322 BCE

    Maurya Empire

    Maurya was the founder of the Indian empire and started trading.
  • 118 BCE

    Eudoxus

    Eudoxus was a Greek explorer that discovered the Indian trade routes and found precious metals and traded them with many countries.
  • 31 BCE

    Augustus Casear

    Augustus Caesar began to rule the Roman Empire during 31 BCE. He made a huge impact on the trades between different countries and made Europe become more advanced.
  • 100

    Christianity

    In 100 CE, Christianity spread across the Indian Ocean and people started to practice Christianity as their religion.
  • 300

    Silk Road

    This route went between China and the Mediterranean. This route was used for the transport of the valuable silk from China which was why its called the "Silk Road".
  • 700

    Religion

    In 700 CE region began to cross the Indian Ocean. Some popular religions during this time period were buddhism and hinduism.
  • 700

    Islam

    In 700 CE, Islam religions were being spread across the Indian
    Ocean.
  • 800

    Trade Began for the Indian Ocean

    Trade started in the Indian Ocean with small settlements.
  • 1400

    Portuguese

    As the Portuguese sailed the Indian Ocean they discovered cities and striving trades materials that would give them a lot of wealth.
  • 1492

    Christoper Columbus

    In 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered the Atlantic Ocean trade routes that he discovered on his long voyage.
  • 1498

    Portuguese finds trade route

    In 1498, the Portuguese discover the trade routes through the Indian Ocean. Once they discovered the routes they started to trade to other countries.
  • 1500

    European Empires

    During the 1500's European Empires investigated how to get to South America from China by ships. This investigation opened Europeans to various trade routes.
  • 1500

    Portuguese Invaded

    In 1500, Portuguese decided they wanted to invade on the Indian Ocean and use their trading goods as their own profit. This caused many problems for the Indian Ocean.

  • Diseases Strike

    Diseases started to spread along the Ocean and caused a lot of problems and decline in the population around the ocean.

  • Beginning of systematic investiagtions called the "Challenger"

    This was the first voyage that began the systematic investigations of the Indian Ocean. This voyage began December 7, 1872 through May 26, 1876. The goal of this voyage was to study about the ocean such as the currents, temperature and depths of the Indian Ocean.