In the Indian ocean basin China traded silk & porcelain. Spices came from southeast Asia. Pepper, gems, pearls, and cotton came from India. Incense & horses came from southwest Asia. East Africa traded gold, ivory, and slaves. Specialized production traded cotton textiles, sugar, leather, stone, carpets, iron, and steel.
All i know is that one of the main things traded where spices ;)
African exported gold,slaves, ivory,hide, and turtoise shells and imported porcelain and weapons.
English, Dutch, and Portuguese. Portuguese came first then came the British and Dutch
Because it led to the Far Eastern countries that were the major sources of spices and (in the case of China and Japan) porcelain.
spices
The Indian Ocean trade route was far away from the coasts and it made sailors not interact with others besides their "mates" And the Mediterranean sea route was next to the coast using monsoons to guide them to other ports.
Muslim merchants from the Arabian Peninsula controlled Indian Ocean trade.
they focused on trading items towards china,India,southeast Asia,Europe and south america
Indian Ocean trade has greatly expanded the economies of surrounding nations. This trade has connected nations in southern Asia to countries in Oceania and Africa.
Alfonso de Albuqerque took control of the Indian ocean trade, along with seizing the island of Goa in 1510
The indian ocean was full with water and other trade routes couldn't trade there,because back then they did not have the technolgy to travel by water.
The Indian Ocean trade route was far away from the coasts and it made sailors not interact with others besides their "mates" And the Mediterranean sea route was next to the coast using monsoons to guide them to other ports.
Some of the things traded in the Indian Ocean Trade are slaves, ivory, and gold from Africa. During 600 BCE-1450 BCE the Indian Ocean was a prominent world trade area.This trade route extended from East Asia through India to the east coast of Africa.
The Silk Road is a trade route that links Europe and Asia together. The Indian Ocean trade routes link India, west Africa, and Europe together. Although they are different in that the Indian Ocean trade is overseas and the Silk Road is overland, they are the same in that they both spread religion, and they both traded goods to Europe.
1. During the early days of Indian Ocean trade, the buying and selling of goods took place between the Swahili of East Africa and Arabs from Asia. Indian Ocean trade was made easy by the monsoon winds that circulated between Asia and the Eastern coast.
The North Atlantic Ocean Route is the busiest trade route in the world.
The first Europeans to sail across the Indian Ocean were Portuguese led by Vasco da Gama. They were looking for an ocean route to the East, so as to cut out the middlemen in their trade with India and China.
Muslim merchants from the Arabian Peninsula controlled Indian Ocean trade.
red sea and indian ocean and tigris and euphrates rivers were used to trade goods and they were the bodies of mesopotamia for trade
they focused on trading items towards china,India,southeast Asia,Europe and south america
the north Atlantic Ocean is the busiest ocean trade route because it has the suez which is the main trading area which connects Europe and med
The River Volga is an important trade route.