🗺📈 7 TRADE ROUTES THAT SHAPED WORLD HISTORY

1. The Silk Road
Time: ~130 BCE–14th century CE
Significance: Linked 🇨🇳China to the Mediterranean, spreading silk, spices, and ideas.

2. The Spice Route
Time: Antiquity–16th century CE
Significance: Maritime routes connecting Southeast Asia, 🇮🇳India, the Middle East, and Europe, driving spice trade and exploration.

3.Indian Ocean Trade Network
Time: ~800 CE–1500s
Significance: Connected East Africa, Arabia, India, and Southeast Asia, trading textiles and spreading technologies like the astrolabe.

4. Grand Trunk Road
Time: Ancient–modern era
Significance: A key land route in South Asia for trade, military, and cultural exchange.

5.Atlantic Slave Trade Route
Time: 16th–19th centuries CE
Significance: Triangular trade route that forcibly transported millions of African slaves.

6.Cape of Good Hope Route
Time: Late 15th–19th century CE
Significance: Major maritime trade route shaping global commerce and exploration.

7.Route from Varangians to the Greeks
Time: 8th–11th centuries CE
Significance: River route connecting the Baltic Sea to the Byzantine Empire, linking Scandinavia to the Middle East.

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