Trade Developments & Networks by way of the Indian Ocean

By todanijohn
  • Period: 1000 BCE to 300

    Spread of religious ideas

    Trade of religious thought. Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, spread from India to Southeast Asia more by merchants and not missionaries.
  • Period: 550 BCE to 330 BCE

    Achaemenid Empire in Persia

    Persian jewels were traded
  • 500 BCE

    Greek & Roman sailors started trading.

    Greek and Roman Sailors began trading on the Indian Ocean.
  • Period: 324 BCE to 185 BCE

    Mauryan Empire in India

    Trade of Roman coins, cloth, ceramics, pottery, metal wares, glass, beads, incense, spices, coral and pearls. Also imported silver, copper, and gold.
  • 323 BCE

    Death of Alexander the Great

    Alexander the Great died when he was returning to Babylon.
  • 323 BCE

    Monsoon system noted in the Indian Ocean

    Ptolemies charted the monsoon system in the Indian Ocean. This helped signify the best times to sail.
  • 323 BCE

    Spices, pepper, grain, wine and oil.

    India trades pepper and spices. Persia and Egypt trades grain. Mediterranean trades wine and oil.
  • Period: 202 BCE to 220 BCE

    Han Dynasty in China

    Trade of Silk
  • Period: 33 BCE to 476 BCE

    Roman Empire

    Romans traded coins with the Indians
  • 27 BCE

    Silk Road

    Began to flourish with the rise of the Roman Empire. Provided peace and stability encouraging merchants to travel abroad and seek luxury goods like silk.