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Han dynasty Silk Road diplomacy and trade networks (2nd century BCE–1st century CE)

198 BCE - 102

Gold–Salt Trade between the Ghana Empire and North Africa (c. 300–1200 CE)

300 - 1235

Funan and early Southeast Asian entrepots in Indian Ocean commerce (c. 1st–6th centuries CE)

1 - 600

Fulani Jihad States and 19th-Century Reorganization of Sahelian Trade (c. 1804–1890)

1804 - 1894

French Colonial Policies and the Decline of Caravan Trade in the Sahara (c. 1890–1930)

1893 - 1926

European Mapping, Exploration, and Knowledge of Saharan Trade Routes (c. 14th–19th centuries)

1375 - 1858

Emergence of Swahili trading towns on the East African coast (c. 6th–10th centuries CE)

100 BCE - 1100

Diffusion of the Dromedary Camel and the Rise of Long-Distance Caravans (c. 3rd–10th centuries)

100 - 1068

Development and network of Silk Road caravanserai (6th–14th centuries CE)

580 - 1400

Decline of overland Silk Road commerce and early modern transitions (15th–18th centuries CE)

1450 - 1799

Chinese maritime contacts with the Indian Ocean (Han–Tang, c. 1st century BCE–9th century CE)

111 BCE - 907

Chera maritime trade networks of Early Historic South India (c. 3rd century BCE–3rd century CE)

300 BCE - 300

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