HIS102Y1 Lecture 13: LEC 13_ Encounters and Exchanges across the Indian Ocean
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Encounters and exchanges across the indian ocean: introduction: the idea of the indian ocean. Oceans can unite them or separate them, indian and mediterranean combined the people. They had similar cultures on both the coast lines (littoral) Economic ties, migration and cultural ties, religious ties are present results of the unification by the indian ocean. Pacific rim in common with economic links: location, location. Climate shaped the agriculture, irrigation, caves, society etc and how they shaped social and cultural development. Monsoon, refers to wind pattern and rain. In the winter, high pressure on the himalayan mountains carrying dry air towards the south. In the spring april to aug, low pressure goes over indian ocean and creates moist air that leads to rainfall pattern. In the monsoons, the pattern of wind went one was half a year and the other. Heavy rainfall in some time of the year and low rainfall.
