WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -An Indian Ocean trade network developed that allowed the Persian empire and Caliphates of Turkey and other economic powers to exchange and trade goods. The Indian Ocean became the means to connect the Middle East, East Asia, India, and Africa.

Detailed explanation-2: -By the 15th century, the key ports of the vast Indian Ocean trading network were under mostly Muslim control. Muslim traders had spread far and wide from Arabia, settling in mercantile communities across Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Southeast Asia.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -From 1200 to 1450, the Indian Ocean was the center of world trade. Many different trade routes crossed its waves. These routes linked the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. Over time, great trading cities sprang up along the Indian Ocean’s shores.

Detailed explanation-5: -Abstract. During the Classical Period (300 BC–400 AD), the Indian Ocean emerged as one of the largest hubs of ancient international trade. For a long period, these contacts were described from a Rome-centric point of view, looking at the connections between Rome and India.