Trade developments and networks by way of the Indian Ocean

By Pburchfield001
  • 5000 BCE

    Ancient Fishing Boats

    Ancient Fishing Boats
    This type of dugout, a flat-bottomed boat used for setting out from the coast, could be used with or without a sail, and may have been in use from 5000 BCE. These boats were the oldest fishing boats.
  • 1000 BCE

    Clearer Trade

    Trade in the Indian Ocean becomes clearer.
  • 1000 BCE

    Declining trade

    Long-distance trade from Egypt and Mesopotamia declined around 1000 BCE
  • 1000 BCE

    Bananas

    Bananas
    Bananas were refined in in Southeast Asia, then they traveled to India, and reached Africa by around 1000 BCE.
  • Period: 1000 BCE to 300

    Expansion

    Expansion of long-distance trade grew greatly in the 1300 years from 1000 BCE to 300 CE.
  • Period: 1000 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Second half of the Millennium

    During the second half of the millennium, trade expanded among new groups of people.
  • 600 BCE

    Iron

    Iron metallurgy is know in china
  • Period: 600 BCE to 300 BCE

    Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism

    Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism spread across the Bay of Bengal to Southeast Asia.
  • Period: 600 BCE to 600 BCE

    The Classical Era

    600 BCB - 600 CE
  • Period: 550 BCE to 330 BCE

    Defeated the Persian Empire

    Alexander the Great defeated the Persian Empire (550-330 BCE) and extended Greek control over lands in western Asia, Egypt, Central Asia, and the Indus Valley.
  • Period: 500 BCE to 100 BCE

    Camel Saddles

    Camel Saddles developed un Northern Arabia.
  • 400 BCE

    Isthmus of Kra

    The Isthmus of Kra is a narrow strip of land that connects the Malay Peninsula to the continent of Asia Traders from India reached the rest of Southeast Asia by crossing the Isthmus of Kra, rather than making the longer and more difficult journey around the entire Malay Peninsula.
  • 336 BCE

    Alexander the great.

    Alexander the great.
    Alexander the great was was declared king of that ancient Greek state in 336 BCE. An military commander, he led the largest army - a total of about 48,500 soldier He also founded the city of Alexandria in Egypt, which would become a major center of art and trade.
  • 206 BCE

    Silk

    Silk
    Silk cloth, first developed in China. It was both traded and used as a form of money, reflecting its high value and importance internationally. The "Silk Road," which connected the Mediterranean, the Middle East, India, Central Asia, and China, began to flourish with the rise of the Roman Empire (27 BCE) and the Han Dynasty (206 BCE).
  • 200 BCE

    Arikamedu

    Arikamedu was a trade center in the southeast coast of Indin.
  • Period: 200 BCE to 500 BCE

    Angkor Borei and OC ECO

    Archaeological site near the mouth of the river.
  • 106 BCE

    Zhang Quan

    Zhang Qian introduced Chinese culture and technology, and brought back foreign music, dance forms, and foods like grapes, pomegranates, watermelon, and walnuts. By 106 BCE trade and interaction along the routes he first crossed, which became known as the 'Silk Road,' was commonplace.
  • Period: 100 BCE to 1 BCE

    Isodorus Of Carax

    At the end of the first century BCE trade between the following five neighboring powers: the Roman Empire, the Parthian Empire, the Kushan Empire, the Nomadic Confederation of the Xiongnu, and the Han Empire. Isodorus of Charax, a Parthian Greek from the city of Charax,wrote several books documenting the geography of this vast region.
  • 500

    Greek and Roman

    Greek and Roman sailors and traders entered the Indian Ocean after 500 BCE
  • 1000

    Sugar Cane

    Sugar Cane
    Sugar cane is a type of grass that manufactures sugar. From its origins in Southeast Asia, sugar cane reached India, where it was refined on a larger scale.