ECONOMICS
TRADE EXCHANGE AND INTERDEPENDENCE
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Question
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Indian Ocean Trade
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Silk Road
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Columbian Exchange
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Mediterranean Sea Complex
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Detailed explanation-1: -These included Kilwa, Sofala, Mombasa, Malindi, and others. The city-states traded with inland kingdoms like Great Zimbabwe to obtain gold, ivory, and iron. These materials were then sold to places like India, Southeast Asia, and China. These were AfricaŹ¼s exports in the Indian Ocean Trade.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Indian Ocean trade routes connected Southeast Asia, India, Arabia, and East Africa, beginning at least as early as the third century BCE. This vast international web of routes linked all of those areas as well as East Asia (particularly China).
Detailed explanation-3: -The Silk Road was a vast trade network connecting Eurasia and North Africa via land and sea routes. The Silk Road earned its name from Chinese silk, a highly valued commodity that merchants transported along these trade networks.
Detailed explanation-4: -Based on the literature and archaeological evidence, from ancient times there were two main routes through the Indian Ocean, namely the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea [12].