Ancient Trade Networks
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Ports and routes in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (1st century CE)
300 BCE - 70
Portuguese Atlantic Expansion and the Disruption of Trans-Saharan Routes (c. 15th–17th centuries)
1415 - 1637
Portuguese Indian Ocean expansion and its effects on overland Silk Road trade (15th–17th centuries CE)
1498 - 1641
Red Sea–Indian Ocean exchange during the Hellenistic period (c. 330–30 BCE)
303 BCE - 45
Roman Empire imports of silk and luxury goods (1st–4th centuries CE)
1 - 399
Roman–India maritime trade in the Early Roman Empire (c. 1st century BCE–3rd century CE)
118 BCE - 400
Saadian Morocco and the Reassertion of Trans-Saharan Trade (c. 1554–1659)
1554 - 1666
Sabaean and Himyarite frankincense and myrrh trade across the Arabian Sea (c. 900 BCE–600 CE)
900 BCE - 575
Samanid and Uyghur commercial networks in Central Asia (9th–10th centuries CE)
819 - 1000
Sassanian Persia and control of Silk Road passages (3rd–7th centuries CE)
224 - 651
Sijilmasa's Rise and Role in Trans-Saharan Commerce (c. 760–1350)
757 - 1363
Silk Road trade through Baghdad, Samarkand, and Bukhara under Islamic rule (8th–13th centuries CE)
710 - 1258
Sogdian merchant diasporas and oasis-city commerce (4th–8th centuries CE)
313 - 755
Songhai State Policies, Taxation, and Control of Trans-Saharan Commerce (c. 1464–1591)
1464 - 1591
Spread of Mahayana Buddhism along Silk Road corridors (1st–8th centuries CE)
68 - 800