INTD 2045 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Spice Trade, Babri Masjid
22 Nov 2017
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One of the world"s oldest civilizations (c. 3300 bce) Recent radiocarbon dating suggests pre-harrapan civilization may be 8000 years old. Majour hub of ancient globalization via land and sea, connecting malay seafarers to arab trade. While there may not have been boarders and countries, the silk route and spice trade connected much of the world. First seafarers were in fact malay (from modern day malaysia and indonesia), not european. Europe only enters this picture in 1498 (age of discovery) In reality, much of asia was already connected. One of the world"s oldest producers of fine textiles. Textile trading over 2300 years (across bay of bengal into south east asia), until deliberately stopped under the reign of the british east india company. 1600s - british did not want competition and wanted a monopoly of fabric. Destroyed spinning wheels and broke the finger of spinners. Modern, high tech, global cities connected through commerece and culture to the rest of the world.
