Indian Trade And Exchange Internationally And Within The Bengal Region

Indian Ocean Trade: The Indian Ocean Trade routes connected Southeast Asia, India,Arabia and East Africa In the classical era, major empires involved the Mauryan empire in India, the Han Dynasty in China, the Achaemenid Empire in Persia and the Roman Empire in Mediterranea.

Changes and continuities in commerce in the Indian ocean region from 650 to 1750 C.E.

From 120 BCE to the 16th century, trade was a remarkable part of the Eastern Hemisphere. It played a vital role in the kingdoms and city-states that made up all of what the 21st century calls Europe, Asia, and Africa. Trade was critically important in this time period because of the diverse climate that was scattered all across the continent. Due to the climate, every location had different resources that were provided by nature. Without specific resources, specific goods could not be manufactured. Not only that, but since technology was not as advanced as it is now, specific products were not able to exist in areas. The only way to obtain those products was to trade. Two of the many routes that a merchant could use to trade were the Silk Road and the Sea Roads along the Indian Ocean. Of those two roads, the Indian trade route had the most positive impact around the world. It facilitated the trading of mass goods since rather than using animals to transport goods, they used boats. It also provided a type of wind known as Monsoon wind that merchants could benefit from. Finally, the Indian Ocean trade route stretched out at a greater distance than the silk road, which impacted the goods that could be traded. Overall, the Indian Ocean trade route had the best impact in the Eastern Hemisphere and even the world.

In the early post-classical period, the Mediterranean Sea trade route and the Indian Ocean trade route flourished. Although both the Mediterranean Sea trade route and the Indian Ocean Maritime trade route persisted to deliver goods to diverse ports by way of sea, such as India’s transmission of manufactured goods, such as pottery produced by Burma, to several distinct ports, the volume and whereabouts of each particular trade route and the development of people’s characteristics due to trade varied drastically. Both the post-classical Mediterranean Sea trade route and the Indian Ocean Maritime System route transported goods to various ports by way of water. In the Indian Ocean Maritime System, trade took place in three distinct

While the Indian Ocean and Silk Road were different as trade networks with respect to the spread of Religion and the process of travel, they were similar in terms of the spread of disease through trade.

The Europeans were able to become direct participants in the Indian Ocean trade network because Alexandrian sailors learned to manipulate the trade winds. This gave them an advantage over the Arabs. Eventually, they were able to directly sail across India’s west coast, cutting out Arab and India. Soon enough Roman trade increased and they gain control of trade between the Red Sea and India under the rule of emperor Augustus. Islam began to spread. It was only a matter of time until culture, customs, religion, laws and language followed. Muslims traded with other Muslims and eventually major trading cities converted to Islam. Their towns nearby followed. Trade made the culture of Islam prosper and trade prospered because of Islam. It was easier

There were many changes and continuities in the Indian ocean trade routes from the classical to the post classic time period. The trade along the Indian Ocean spread culture, religion, technology, crops, and other goods. This diffusion of goods, technology, and religion along the Indian Ocean trade routes was very similar to the diffusion of European and Native American goods, technology, and religion during the 15th-17th centuries in the Americas, often known as the age of exploration. This is because along the India indian ocean during the post classical period, buddhism and hinduism spread to Africa and China and Islam spread into India. From India, many goods including cotton, spices, black pepper, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, nutmeg,

Trade was an integral part of survival and income during the common era. Between 600 C.E. and 1450 C.E, the Indian Ocean trade network and the Trans-Saharan trade network had Arab traders travel and change the way sea trade developed and became extraordinarily successful. Trade created communication and familiarity between people of different background and where they reside from. Communication of people lead to diversification of culture, creating unions of people starting enormous perceptions of culture. The Trans-Saharan trade and the Indian Ocean trade were very similar yet very different. Items that were exchanged through trading were a bit different and the culture was more diverse throughout the Indian Ocean trade than the Trans-Saharan

As trade increased in the Indian Ocean basin, neighboring lands like South Asia and Southeast Asia began to engage in specialized production of commodities for the commercial market, which led to a stronger economy. Regional specialization in areas like India, East Africa, Southeast Asia, and China led to the changes in the Indian Ocean trade network. During the postclassical India, the state produced high quality cotton textiles, pepper, and carpet weaving, leather, iron and steel production, and sugar refineries. This allowed merchants to create local, thriving industries because of high demands for specific agricultural products, providing employment for artisans and enabled consumers to import goods from other regions. Not only was India

· What happens when there is a surplus of imports brought into the U.S.? Cite a specific example of a product with an import surplus, and the impact that has on the U.S. businesses and consumers involved. When there is a surplus of imports brought into the U.S. it means that the price of the product(s) will drop. U.S. companies that are competing with the Chinese made products will suffer from price drops of the goods. With consumers it will benefits the consumer with the lower price on goods. Large screen LCD/HDTV is a good example. Since the recession there has been a surplus of large screen HDTV. Not many people can afford or buy them since the prices were high. Now large screen LCD/HDTV is much cheaper than what it was 4 years ago.

Comparing and Contrasting the Manorial Trade Network, the Indian Ocean Trade Network, and the Trans-Saharan Trade Network

Peaceful, powerful, and stable are all words one could use to describe India’s economy before the British. In fact, The economy of India’s was the second most developed in the world at the time as it dominated the world’s trade by its exports including textiles and agricultural

The Indian Ocean, considered the third largest ocean, is located between Australia and Antarctica. This Ocean is a major sea lane connecting the Middle East, East Asia and Africa with Europe and the Americas. The Ocean is essential because of its location. The location helps to boast the production of trade global around the world. It is rich with resources such as natural oil and marine life. The ships that travel the ocean contain over half the world’s international trade cargo and shipment. The trade system is the way of life for people all over

A general idea of the size and variety of trade in the Indian Ocean basin can be formed from the documents provided. Accounts from Fernandez de Figueroa and Duarte Barbosa as well as letters from the English East India Company outline the practice of trade in the Indian Ocean and South Asia from the late 1400s to the mid-1700s. During this time, Western societies had a greater impact on the South Asia societies than vice versa.

The British East India Company first gained power in Bengal in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when the Nawab of Bengal Siraj ud-Daulah surrendered his dominions to the Company. By 1773, when the Company settled their capital in Calcutta, they appointed their first Governor-General, Warren Hastings, and henceforth became directly involved in the governance of almost all of India.When it came to the education policies that the Company implemented in India, not every Governor-General had the same beliefs. Hastings was considered an Orientalist because he supported the traditional/Oriental learning that was already in India. The Orientalists were later opposed by advocates of a different approach to education in India called Anglicists. The Anglicists were supporters of instruction in the English language in order to teach Indians modern Western knowledge. This paper will be examining how The British East India Company, during its period of rule in India, transformed society in terms of language and education by means of power and religion.