Trade Timeline

Timeline

  • 7500 BCE
    Long-distance trade in obsidian begins.
  • c. 2800 BCE - c. 1900 BCE
    The rise of the great Indian cities of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa.
  • c. 1900 BCE - c. 1400 BCE
    Trade flourishes between Mesopotamia and other regions.
  • c. 620 BCE
    Posible founding date for Ostia, the port of Rome.
  • 138 BCE - 126 BCE
    Zhang Qian, as envoy of Emperor Wu, opens up the 'Silk Road' trading route between China and central Asia.
  • c. 1 CE
    First non-stop voyages from Egypt to India.
  • 200 CE
    Completion of the Roman road system.
  • 1505 CE
    The Portuguese begin to attack cities and build forts along the Swahili Coast in order to control trade.
  • 1565 CE - 1815 CE
    The Manila galleons each year take eastern trade goods from Manila to Acapulco (and return with American silver).
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