Indian OceanSea Lanes
Presented by:Sojeong Lee
J.J. LimMinwoo Park
‘Where’
ClimateTropics
- bays and ports never froze
Monsoon winds
- used by merchants to navigate their ships
- Summer: wind blows from East Africa and Arabia to India
- Winter: wind blows from northeast
‘Who’ and ‘What’ goods were traded?
4 Major ‘Who’s
China
Great Zimbabwe
Asia in General
4 Major ‘Who’s
China
Africa
India
Persia
Who&What: China
Exported
-Silk-Lacquer-ware
-Tea-Porcelains
Imported
-Spices-Birds
-Animal Skins
Who&What:Africa-Great Zimbabwe
Abundant Sources-Gold-Ivory
-Slaves-Spices
AttractedIslamic
Traders!!!
Who&What: Asia
Rice
What ‘ideas’ were traded? Trades in the Indian Ocean Sea Lanes
Religion
General Culture
Trades in the Indian Ocean Sea Lanes
Maritime trade routes in the Indian Ocean Provided important links between the Roman Mediterranean, East Africa, the Persian Gulf, India, and East Indies. - World History Atlas
Different opportunities than trading through land → far-reaching trade & multiregional culture, ideas
Great Zimbabwe: absorbed Muslim from Islamic traders
Religion: Hinduism & Buddhism
Jainism derived from Buddhism after 500B.C.E.
Hinduism(evolved 4000-2000B.C.E.) & Buddhism(evolved 500-450B.C.E.)
– originated from India
Spread of Hinduism & Buddhism(600-100B.C.E.)
Through Indian Ocean Lanes, Hinduism &Buddhism Spread into Southeast Asia
Miscellaneous religions : Nestorian missions, Jacobite missions through Indian ocean sea lanes.
General Culture
► Opportunity of via – many significant trade cities - GLOBALIZATION
∟ Alexandria, Mombasa, Hormuz, Calicut, Malacca, Guangzhou
∟ Diverse Cultures converged into some important cities
From Mediterranean area to East Asia
► Ex) Roman coins found in southern India, Eastsouth Asia 1 C.E.
► Ex) Great Zimbabwae : Due to acceptance of Islamic merchants,
Muslim thrived in the region