Week 2 Timeline

  • 5000 BCE

    Bananas

  • 1000 BCE

    Sugar Cane

    Sugar cane was considered a "luxury"
  • 206 BCE

    Han Dynasty

    Han Dynasty rules in China
  • 64 BCE

    Strabo

    Greek traveler, traveled to read the scholarship of others. Author of the famous "Geography"
  • 27 BCE

    Silk

    Not only was silk used as a trade, but it was also used as a form of money
  • 200

    Pearls

    Were perfect for trading because they did not take up much space on the ships.
  • 1498

    Europeans Arrival to the Indian Ocean