Just Like the Mediterranean Sea Routes, and Indian Trade Routes. The Caribbean Trade Routes allowed large amounts of goods to be shipped from the Caribbean's to the European colonies in North America. Most goods traded included sugar, and molasses. Although the three routes are nearly 2000 years apart they all did essentially the same thing.
What Does It Mean?
The Creation of large empires in the classical age created large amounts of goods and became markets for imports. Because of this several prominent trade systems developed that linked the empires together. Raw materials traveled in the caravans and in boats to distant markets. Traveling with the merchants were belief systems, ideas, technology, culture, and diseases.
The Silk Road
The Silk Road was an indirect chain of separate routes where goods crossed the entire land area of Eurasia. The Silk Road originated in Asia as nomadic and settled peoples exchanged goods. Most goods that were traded that involved the Silk Road went through a process called "relay trade." This means that goods went through many merchant's before reaching its destination, this was used because most merchants did not know the vast roads and paths within the route.
The Mediterranian Sea Routes
Another major trade route that developed during this time period was the Mediterranean Sea Route or Maritime trade routes for short. unlike the land based trades routes like the Silk Road, the Maritime trade routes allowed goods to be shipped in bulk. Examples of goods that were traded along this route include timber, and marble. Most of the merchants that used this route were Phoenician. The Phoenicians had many large trade cities along this route but were later destroyed by Persia.
Indian Ocean Trade
The Indian Ocean Trade routes did not reach its full potential until the post-classical time period but was still a major necessity to the Gupta Dynasty during this time period. Goods like Pepper, cotton textiles, and dye were traded. A unique feature about this trade route is its dependents of weather. The monsoon seasons brought changes in the wind every six months so merchants had to had to time their departures with the cycles of winds in mind.
Synthesis
Just Like the Mediterranean Sea Routes, and Indian Trade Routes. The Caribbean Trade Routes allowed large amounts of goods to be shipped from the Caribbean's to th
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