The Indian Ocean facilitated extensive trade between multiple cultures.
Evidence
These ceramics – all used, we think, by the same people, all broken and thrown on the rubbish dump at roughly the same time – demonstrate what was for long beyond the view of Europe: that between AD 1000 and 1500, the East African coast was in contact with the whole of the Indian Ocean. There was regular trade between China, Indonesia, India, the Gulf and East Africa, and raw materials and finished commodities were circulating widely. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 50
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 50
- XREF: connects to: The Indian Ocean is a more connected maritime culture than the Mediterranean. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 50; Trade networks facilitated the spread of Buddhism beyond its birthplace. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 927; Somali southern migration followed the Shebelle valley and the Indian Ocean coastline — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 93 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Trade networks facilitated the spread of Buddhism beyond its birthplace.
#expands(0.70) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 927 - Omani influence reshaped the southern Somali ports by the eighteenth century
#exemplifies(0.70) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 130 - The Indian Ocean is a more connected maritime culture than the Mediterranean.
#qualifies(0.60) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 50