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1279 BCE
Chola Empire
They amazed travelers with their weather and luxury goods. Chinese traders talked about witnessing these luxury goods, like Gold fabrics and jewels. -
550 BCE
Archaemenid Empire became involved
Persia, a major empire that started traded, until 330 ice -
324 BCE
Mauryan Empire became involved
India joined the trading route, until 186 BCE -
202 BCE
Han Dynasty became involved
China joined the route, for 20 years -
33 BCE
Roman Empire became involved
Mediterranean, was trading until 476 CE -
7
Srivijaya Empire
7 to 13th CE, their trading excelled simples based upon taxing trading vessels that moved through the streets of Malacca. -
400
Trade began to evolve and grow
Specifically from, 400 to 1450 CE -
618
Tang and Song dynasties
They helped build trade routes linked with Silk roads and maritime. -
661
Rise of Umayyad
661 to 750 CE -
750
Rise of Abbasid
750- 1258 -
800
Angkor Civilization
800 to 1327. Based in the inlands in Cambodia. They used a unique approach, by using the Mekong River as a highway for their trading. -
1405
Yongle Emperor- China's New Ming Dynasty
He went on seven expeditions to trade with all the trading partners within the many Empires. -
1460
Vasco DeGama
1460 to 1524. His soldiers traveled around the southern point of Africa, Traveling to new seas. -
1500
Europe trading routes grew
This overthrew the older Asian trading routes, causing a collapse. The 2 thousand year old trade route came to an end in the early 1500s. -
Dutch East India Company
This European powered entered the trading route, Goods like spices, nutmeg and Mace. -
British East India Company
They also joined the trading Route, They challenged the Dutch for control over the routes. -
REFERENCES
Szczepanski, Kallie. "Indian Ocean Trade Routes." ThoughtCo, Aug. 09, 2019, thoughtco.com/indian-ocean-trade-routes-195514.