Trade Developments & Networks

By Makenzie55
  • 13,000 BCE

    Key Technological Advances

    Key Technological Advances
    bow & arrows were used to make hunting easier
  • 3500 BCE

    Key Technological Advances

    Key Technological Advances
    development of bronze technology, leading to Bronze Age period
  • Period: 334 BCE to 323 BCE

    Significant People

    Alexander The Great conquers western Asia and begins the Hellenistic period
  • Period: 31 BCE to 14 BCE

    Significant People

    Caesar Augustus rules the Roman Empire
  • 500

    Network

    Network
    trade route develops through the Straits of Malacca, connecting Indian Ocean with the South China Sea
  • 990

    Key Technological Advances

    Key Technological Advances
    Chinese invention of compass
  • 1556

    Network

    Network
    Portuguese establish trading post on island of Macao, China
  • 1564

    Network

    Portuguese link Indian Ocean Trade Networks to the New World via Philippines.
  • 1570

    Network

    Network
    Japan opens trade at Nagasaki

  • Network

    Network
    British establish trading factory in Calcutta, India

  • Goods

    Goods
    Fulton invents commercial steamboat

  • Goods

    Goods
    Telegraph machine aids rapid communication