Indian Ocean

Charles VI thought he was made out of glass.

Thanks to the mongols, trading was cheap and safe.

Indian ocean trade was very important because people imported lots of things that were only found at individual countries.

Indian Ocean trade was peaceful.

Merchants and Royals have lots of relations with each other.

Black Pepper was a great export from Sri Lanka.

The magnetic compass came from china.

Lots of city states exist because of trade.

Trade was a very good way to get stuff around the world in the old days.

People that wore funny hats were usually rulers.

The Monsoon Marketplace is another name for Indian Ocean Trade.

Muslim Merchants were the ones that usually had enough money to buy ships.

As I said before, Indian Ocean trade was peaceful, except for a few pirates.

Coffee to Books To Weapons were traded around through indian ocean trade.

The chinese also invented a lot of stuff that was traded through indian ocean trade.

Globes have serpents on them because there were mysterious dissapearances of ships in the sea that we now connect to typhoons.

Try shattering Charles VI. He thought he was made out of glass.

Indian Ocean trade was a very big trade route that went across the sea.

The silk road made less money than the monsoon marketplace, but silk road trade is more famous than the monsoon marketplace.

Everyone welcomes a merchant into their house, unless they are actually an army in disguise.

Technology spread through the monsoon marketplace.

The indian ocean was not only near india, but it spread across the whole southern part of asia and the eastern part of africa.

Cheaper trade meant more trade in the monsoon marketplace.

Kodo Rani (I bet that's the wrong spelling) offered her guts to her new husband as a wedding gift.

Islam spread to indonesia through the monsoon marketplace, when the elites of indonesia started adopting the religion.

Indian Ocean Trade really blew up between 1000 CE and 1200 CE.

Kodo Rani was forced to marry someone who kidnapped her, but then he died. After that, she got invaded and was forced to marry the main invader. After that, she sliced open her stomach and gave her guts to her husband as a wedding present. And all because her father let an army into his house, thinking they were merchants.

When the mongols were in charge, it was safer to go by land, because, if you pay a little tax, the mongols would protect you for the rest of your journey.

Singapore is an example of a trading place in modern times.

The Indian Ocean trade route was not only 1 route, there are lots of routes you can go through.

Monsoons were very important in the monsoon marketplace, because when you're trading, you can go home when the wind is leading to your hometown, and you can go to the country which you are planning to trade with when the wind is leading there.

Indian Ocean trade was like Silk Road trade.

There was a recognisable monsoon marketplace in about 700 CE.

The Indian Ocean trade was dominated by muslim merchants because they were very rich.

You wouldn't let an army or a rival noble into your house, but you would probably let a merchant in.

Islam spread to the centers of trade in the monsoon marketplace, therefore, the countries near vietnam never became muslim.

Predictable winds meant lower risk, which meant cheaper trade, which meant more people could have the things they wanted.

Some pretty valuable stuff was traded throughout the monsoon marketplace.

Silk and wood was traded across the monsoon marketplace.

Lots of exports were taken from asia in the monsoon marketplace.

Sri Vijia, I bet i'm saying it wrong, was a chokepoint for trade.

Trade was a huge wealth for trade chokepoints, because they could tax traders and merchants. Checkmate, suckers.

If we focus on the acts of the funny hatted people that rule us, we forget that we, the ordinary civilians, also create history.

It is extremely amazing that Indian Ocean Trade was almost completely peaceful.

Rice was an export from south eastern asia.

Lots of stuff that are in other countries now were traded through indian ocean trade.

If indian ocean trade was not so great, we would not have the stuff we have today.

Sri Vijya was near the strait of malaaka.

The Habsburg Dynasty was known for their disturbing family portraits. That was totally of topic like Charles VI thinking he was made out of glass, but that's trivia for you! Keeps this blog alive.

Sometimes, travel guides for the Indian Ocean showed which time to go for the week or even the day. That means cheaper stuff. Stuff is still traveling around the world to new countries every day!