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Caesarea Maritima
Definition by Patrick Scott Smith, M. A.

Caesarea Maritima

Caesarea Maritima was a city built over 2,000 years ago (c. 22-10 BCE) on the coast of the Eastern Mediterranean. With Roman engineering and largesse, Herod the Great (r. 37-4 BCE) accomplished this feat by constructing a whole metropolis...
Punt
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Punt

The Land of Punt was a region in Africa (most likely Somalia) referenced by inscriptions of ancient Egypt initially as a partner in trade and, later, as a semimythical country rich in resources and exotic goods. It is best known from the...
East India Company
Definition by Mark Cartwright

East India Company

The English East India Company (EIC or EEIC), later to become the British East India Company, was founded in 1600 as a trading company. With a massive private army and the backing of the British government, the EIC looted the Indian subcontinent...
Map of the Roman Trade Network (1st - 3rd centuries CE)
Image by Simeon Netchev

Map of the Roman Trade Network (1st - 3rd centuries CE)

This map illustrates the main maritime and overland trade arteries that bound the Roman Empire together between the first and third centuries CE. From grain fleets in the Mediterranean to camel caravans across the desert and river barges...
Late Medieval Land & Maritime Trade Routes
Image by Lampman

Late Medieval Land & Maritime Trade Routes

A map showing the late medieval trade routes by land and sea across Europe and Western Asia.
History of the Major Trade Routes - Summary on a Map
Video by Geo History

History of the Major Trade Routes - Summary on a Map

In this video, let's retrace the evolution of the world’s major trade routes, from the Incense Route until today.
Varangian Trade Routes
Image by Briangotts

Varangian Trade Routes

Map showing Varangian trade routes. Red: Volga trade route Purple: trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks Orange: Other trade routes of the 8th-11th centuries
European Discovery & Conquest of the Spice Islands
Article by James Hancock

European Discovery & Conquest of the Spice Islands

Clove, nutmeg, and mace are native to only a handful of tiny islands in the middle of the vast Indonesian archipelago – cloves on five Maluku Islands (the Moluccas) about 1250 km (778 mi) west of New Guinea, and nutmeg on the ten Banda Islands...
How Roman Trade with India Made the Empire Rich
Video by Kings and Generals

How Roman Trade with India Made the Empire Rich

This video was sponsored by Imperator: Rome. You can support our channel by buying this game via this link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/859580/Imperator_Rome/ We are continuing our new animated historical documentary series on the...
The Silk Road and Ancient Trade: Crash Course World History #9
Video by CrashCourse

The Silk Road and Ancient Trade: Crash Course World History #9

The Silk Road and Ancient Trade: In which John Green teaches you about the so-called Silk Road, a network of trade routes where goods such as ivory, silver, iron, wine, and yes, silk were exchanged across the ancient world, from China to...
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