HS 122 Lecture 11: Trade and Empire in the Indian Ocean to 1520:
8 Mar 2018
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Spice trade-cloves (eastern indonesia); black pepper (sumatra and java); Other commodities- cotton (india), pearls (persian gulf, southern india), amber, Ibn battuta traveled with arabic-speaking merchants who controlled much of the. Left major account of indian ocean world on three expeditions, traveling all areas. Trade and empire in the indian ocean to 1520: Ivory (east africa), frankincense (yemen, e. africa); ambergris and musk. The trading networks of the indian ocean relied on seasonal currents related to the monsoon systems. Muhammad ibn battuta (1304-1369): settled by muslims from 1325-1354. shipping of the region. Served as a judge to finance his travel in delhi, maldives, and china. Settlement of the swahili coast: fro(cid:373) highla(cid:374)ds i(cid:374) the i(cid:374)terior (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) today"s ke(cid:374)ya a(cid:374)d o(cid:373)alia. brought conversion to islam on the coast. highlands of east africa. Swahili-speakers who married local elites on migration to the region. Little permanent construction in early centuries-mud brick housed until about 1000.
