Start
End
StartEnd
Updated:Apr 23, 2026
|Privacy Policy

Red Sea–Indian Ocean exchange during the Hellenistic period (c. 330–30 BCE)

Red Sea–Indian Ocean exchange during the Hellenistic period (c. 330–30 BCE)

  1. Seleucid–Mauryan settlement highlights Indian Ocean demand

    Labels: Seleucid Empire, Mauryan Empire
  2. Desert road network links Red Sea to Nile

    Labels: Coptos, desert roads
  3. Myos Hormos develops as another Ptolemaic Red Sea harbor

    Labels: Myos Hormos, Ptolemaic ports
  4. African war elephants shape Ptolemaic military planning

    Labels: Battle of, Ptolemaic army
  5. Seleucid victory at Panium weakens Ptolemaic leverage

    Labels: Battle of, Seleucid victory
  6. Eudoxus of Cyzicus attempts open-sea route to India

    Labels: Eudoxus of, Ptolemy VIII
  7. Monsoon-wind knowledge becomes associated with Hippalus

    Labels: Hippalus, monsoon winds
  8. Ptolemaic rule ends; Egypt becomes Roman province

    Labels: Roman Egypt, Cleopatra VII