Essay About Time Periods And Opiumone Sentence Summary

Indian Ocean Timeline
A. What is the difference between on period and another?B. Why are time periods named differently on the site from what we call them?Names:1. Time Period: 12th centuryCountry/Region: MediterraneanItem: OpiumOne sentence summary: Opium spread along the Silk Road to China and probably by sea to India, and was popular as a medicine.2. Time Period: 1299-1922Country/Region: Ottoman EmpireItem: Ottoman EmpireOne sentence summary: The Ottoman empire was an important part of trade.3. Time Period:  13th -16th centuryCountry/Region: EuropeItem: Cannon Bearing shipsOne sentence summary: Cannons were an important part of Indian Ocean voyages.4. Time Period:13th- 16th centuryCountry/Region: IndiesItem: KilwaOne sentence summary: Kilwa was an important city and centers of trade on the east African coast.5. Time Period: 13th centuryCountry/Region: IndiaItem: Gujarati tradersOne sentence summary: Most Gujarati merchants were Hindu, some Jain, and Muslims were very active in Indian Ocean Trade.6. Time Period: 14th centuryCountry/Region: Nanking, ChinaItem: Blue and white porcelainOne sentence summary: Blue and white porcelain was traded as early as the 17th century since tea drinking was enjoyed.7. Time Period: 14th centuryCountry/Region: Malay PeninsulaItem: Strait of MalaccaOne sentence summary: Malacca was a gateway to trade and a crossroad of cultures and object of competition for power.8. Time Period: 14th- 16th centuryCountry/Region: Portugal/SpainItem: Carrack or NaoOne sentence summary: Carrack was a favorite type of ship for exploration used by the Spanish and Portuguese.9. Time Period: 15th- 17th centuryCountry/Region: IndiaItem: EbonyOne sentence summary: Ebony was used for a long time in India before the Portuguese began selling Ebony furniture. 10. Time Period: 15th- 16th centuryCountry/Region: Mediterranean Item: CaravelOne sentence summary: Caravels were an important ship for exploration and suited to explore estuaries, rivers, and high seas.11. Time Period: 15th centuryCountry/Region: YemenItem: MochaOne sentence summary: The coffee plant was brought to Yemen and then expanded into trade all over.12. Time Period: 1486Country/Region: Portugal;Item: Bartholomeu DiasOne sentence summary: Bartholomeu Dias was the first European to sail around southern tip of Africa.13. Time Period: 1488Country/Region: AfricaItem: Cape of Good HopeOne sentence summary: Cape of Good Hope is the Southern most tip that Dias rounded in 1488.14. Time Period: 1553-1556Country/Region: Ottoman EmpireItem: Ahmad Ibn MajidOne sentence summary: A typhoon swept city and his fleet to the western coast of India.15. Time Period: 1493Country/Region: EuropeItem: Inter Catera of 1493One sentence summary: The Inter Catera gives rights to Christian nations to claim unclaimed lands.16. Time Period: 1494Country/Region: Spain/PortugalItem: The Treaty of TordasillasOne sentence summary: Spain and Portugal divided themselves and signed the Treaty of Tordasillas.17. Time Period: 1497Country/Region: PortugalItem: PepperOne sentence summary:  The pepper trade was important to Europeans during the First Global Era.18. Time Period: 1498Country/Region: PortugalItem: Vasco de GamaOne sentence summary: Vasco De Gama found the vast Indian Ocean trade network.19. Time Period: 14/15th centuryCountry/Region: IndonesiaItem: Piggy bank from East IndiaOne sentence summary: Piggy banks were made from unglazed clay teracatta or orange clay (pygg), and were easy to put money in but hard to get money out.20. Time Period: 1500Country/Region: EuropeItem: Tea chestsOne sentence summary: Tea arrived in pressed blocks used for overland trade, and thrown into Boston Harbor to start American Revolution. 21. Time Period: 16th centuryCountry/Region: South American Inca to EuropeItem: SilverOne sentence summary: Silver was mined in Inca, and then sent to Europe and from there all over the Indian Ocean.22. Time Period: 16th centuryCountry/Region: Maluku Islands to Indian OceanItem: Spice tradeOne sentence summary: Cloves, nutmeg, and mace were among the most important spices and grew in Maluku Islands but were carried through Indian Ocean.23. Time Period: 16th centuryCountry/Region: MexicoItem: Aztec pouring chocolateOne sentence summary: The Aztecs used chocolate long before the Europeans brought it over.24. Time Period: 16th centuryCountry/Region: India/PortugalItem: Carriera de IndiaOne sentence summary: Carriera de India was a long distance round trip man time route of the Portuguese to India.25. Time Period: 16th centuryCountry/Region: YemenItem: Aden, YemenOne sentence summary: Aden was an important port in southwestern Arabia.26. Time Period: 1500’sCountry/Region: Inca, Maya, AztecItem: MaizeOne sentence summary: Before Columbus arrived, Maize was an important crop for Inca, Maya, and Aztec and brought to Europe, Asia, and Africa after the Columbian Exchange.27. Time Period: 1500’sCountry/Region: Indian OceanItem: CeylonOne sentence summary: Ceylon was valued for its strategic location in Indian Ocean, and monopoly supply of cinnamon.28. Time Period: 1500Country/Region: PersiaItem: The Safavid EmpireOne sentence summary: The Safavid Empire became powerful when they conquered Hormuz from the Portuguese. 29. Time Period: 1500-1800Country/Region: PersiaItem: Muscat, Sultanate of OmanOne sentence summary: Muscat linked the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean, which was important for trade.30. Time Period: 1510Country/Region: Americas/IndiesItem: VanillaOne sentence summary: Vanilla was found in the Indies and the Americas.31. Time Period: 1516 Country/Region: Hong KongItem: MacauOne sentence summary:  Macau became the main trading base in Portugal and gave Portuguese an important position in Far East.32. Time Period: 1519Country/Region: SpainItem: Ferdinand MagellanOne sentence summary: Ferdinand Magellan found the Strait of Malacca.