Indian Ocean trade network

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The Indian Ocean trade network was a vast, centuries-long maritime system connecting East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia through the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas driven by monsoon winds.

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Generate an image of the Indian Ocean trade network (The Indian Ocean trade network was a vast, centuries-long maritime system connecting East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia through the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas driven by monsoon winds.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical trade network ⓘ
maritime trade network ⓘ
pre-modern global trade system ⓘ
basedOn seasonal monsoon patterns ⓘ
characterizedBy cosmopolitan port cities ⓘ
multilingual crews ⓘ
religiously diverse communities ⓘ
connectedRegion Arabian Sea ⓘ
Bay of Bengal ⓘ
China ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia

Malay Archipelago ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Persian Gulf ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
Swahili Coast ⓘ
linked to: East Africa
culturalImpact Indian cultural influence in Southeast Asia ⓘ
formation of Swahili culture ⓘ
spread of Arabic language ⓘ
spread of Persian culture ⓘ
declinedDueTo European colonial domination ⓘ
shift of global trade to Atlantic routes ⓘ
economicRole facilitated proto-globalization ⓘ
integrated regional economies ⓘ
facilitated cultural exchange ⓘ
long-distance maritime trade ⓘ
migration of peoples ⓘ
religious diffusion ⓘ
spread of Buddhism ⓘ
spread of Hinduism ⓘ
spread of Islam ⓘ
spread of technologies ⓘ
flourishedDuring c. 8th to 15th centuries CE ⓘ
involvedActor Arab merchants ⓘ
Chinese merchants ⓘ
Gujarat traders ⓘ
Indian merchants ⓘ
Malay merchants ⓘ
Omani traders ⓘ
Persian merchants ⓘ
Swahili merchants ⓘ
Yemeni traders ⓘ
locatedIn Indian Ocean ⓘ
majorPort Aden ⓘ
Calicut ⓘ
Calicut (Kozhikode) ⓘ
linked to: Calicut

Cambay ⓘ
linked to: Gulf of Khambhat

Cochin ⓘ
Hormuz ⓘ
linked to: Strait of Hormuz

Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
Malacca ⓘ
Mombasa ⓘ
Muscat ⓘ
Quanzhou ⓘ
Zanzibar ⓘ
paralleledBy Silk Road ⓘ
linked to: Silk Road routes
precededBy overland Silk Road trade ⓘ
religiousImpact Islamization of coastal East Africa ⓘ
Islamization of parts of Southeast Asia ⓘ
sawInterventionBy British East India Company ⓘ
Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
supportedBy astrolabe navigation ⓘ
compass navigation ⓘ
dhow technology ⓘ
lateen sails ⓘ
timePeriod antiquity ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
tradedGood beads ⓘ
cotton textiles ⓘ
dates ⓘ
gold ⓘ
horses ⓘ
incense ⓘ
ivory ⓘ
pepper ⓘ
porcelain ⓘ
rice ⓘ
silk ⓘ
slaves ⓘ
spices ⓘ
timber ⓘ
usedWindSystem monsoon winds ⓘ

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Referenced by (138)

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Aden (until 1937, administratively linked) → linkedTo → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Khami Ruins → tradingLinks → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Indian Ocean trade network → involvedActor → Swahili merchants ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Chinese Jews of Kaifeng → ancestralOrigin → Indian Ocean Jewish merchants ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Chinese Jews of Kaifeng → tradeRoute → maritime Silk Road ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Silk Road routes → relatedConcept → Maritime Silk Road ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape → associatedTradeRoutes → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Debal → knownFor → Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Debal → historicallyAssociatedWith → Indian Ocean maritime networks ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Thatta → tradeConnections → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Great Zimbabwe → tradeNetwork → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Old World → includesTradeRoute → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Tihamah coastal plain → historicallyLinkedTo → Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Canton → linkedTo → Silk Road maritime routes ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Kushan Empire → hasInfluenceOn → Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Surat → historicalTrade → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Demak Sultanate → tradeNetwork → Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Mediterranean trade routes → linked → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Nagapattinam → historicTrade → Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
China–Pakistan Economic Corridor → relatedTo → Indian Ocean trade routes ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Deccan sultanates → tradeRoute → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Swahili Coast → knownFor → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications → locatedOnTradeRoute → Indian Ocean maritime trade routes ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Malay sultanates → playedRoleIn → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Chola invasion of Srivijaya in 1025 → affected → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Brouwer Route → partOf → European–Asian maritime trade network ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Pasai Sultanate → partOf → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Pandya dynasty → engagedIn → Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Masulipatam (factory) → partOf → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route → partOf → East–West maritime trade routes ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Sultanate of Banten → partOf → Indian Ocean trading network ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Arabian Sea coast → isSegmentOf → Indian Ocean trade routes ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Islam in Maldives → linkedTo → Indian Ocean trade networks ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Port of Tadjoura → hasAccessTo → Indian Ocean trade routes ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Sonargaon → linkedToTradeRoute → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Rozvi state → tradeNetwork → Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Mutapa Kingdom → tradeRoute → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Golconda → partOfTradeNetwork → Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Port Natal → connectedTo → Indian Ocean trade routes ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Bandari people → influencedBy → Indian Ocean trade networks ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Pegu → tradeNetwork → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Kingdom of Cochin → partOf → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Kingdom of Mapungubwe → tradedWith → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Swahili people → historicalRole → Indian Ocean traders ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Kwang-chou → wasKeyPortIn → Maritime Silk Road ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca → associatedWith → Straits of Malacca trading network ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
António de Noronha → sphereOfInfluence → Indian Ocean trade routes ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Thaton Kingdom → tradeRoute → Indian Ocean maritime trade network ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network
Hanthawaddy Kingdom → trade → Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Khoja Muslims → economicInfluenceRegion → Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean trade network