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Ancient Trade Networks

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Parthian mediation of East–West trade routes (3rd century BCE–3rd century CE)

247 BCE - 224

Ottoman consolidation of Anatolian and Levantine Silk Road links (15th–17th centuries CE)

1453 - 1650

Monsoon navigation and the seasonal sailing system (c. 500 BCE–500 CE)

500 BCE - 500

Maritime Silk Road voyages and Southeast Asian links (7th–15th centuries CE)

682 - 1433

Marco Polo's travels and Venetian reporting on Silk Road cities (1271–1295 CE)

1271 - 1324

Mansa Musa's Hajj and Its Economic-Diplomatic Aftermath (1324–1335)

1312 - 1375

Malabar pepper trade and Roman demand (c. 1st century BCE–6th century CE)

118 BCE - 600

Jenne–Timbuktu–Fez Scholarly and Commercial Networks (c. 13th–17th centuries)

1324 - 1655

Indian Ocean ceramic and amphora exchange networks (c. 2nd–9th centuries CE)

50 - 850

Ilkhanid–Mamluk competition and its impact on Silk Road commerce (13th–15th centuries CE)

1260 - 1517

Horses, Military Exchanges, and the Trans-Saharan Equine Trade (c. 13th–18th centuries)

1235 - 1800

Harappan (Indus Valley) maritime trade with Mesopotamia (c. 2600–1900 BCE)

2600 BCE - 1760 BCE

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