Indian Ocean trade never truly disappeared. Beginning in the 15th century, however, with the expansion of European exploration and China’s withdrawal from international affairs, the world’s economic ...

Timeline: A Chronology Of the Ming Voyages First Voyage 1405–1406. Zheng He commanded a fleet of 317 ships, almost 28,000 men, their arms and supplies. ... Chinese Trade in the Indian Ocean. China's ...

Chintz, calico, pyjamas: How India’s Indian Ocean textile trade rose in the east and set in the west Craftsmen and traders from the subcontinent influenced global tastes in fabrics for centuries.

Lesson 3: The Winds of Trade; The Story of India; This two-part lesson starts by putting students in the shoes of a Roman merchant in the state of Kerala trying to convince a business partner to ...

Indian River County Sheriff’s Office aviation unit deputy Jonathan Lozada speaks during a press conference, June 2, 2025, regarding a multi-agency ocean rescue after a single-engine plane ...

Here's a timeline of the events leading up to the plane crash, and the rescue of the aircraft's three occupants. Read more: 3 rescued after plane crash in ocean off Vero Beach 7 p.m.: ...

New study reconstructs mega-earthquakes timeline in Indian Ocean. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 09 / 140910093227.htm ...

Histories of pearl diving in the Indian Ocean – as in a central scene of Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea – are continued in today’s illegal abalone trade.

LAMU, Kenya—Al Qaeda militants are disrupting one of Africa’s most ambitious infrastructure projects, forestalling Kenya’s plans for establishing a new regional trade hub on the Indian Ocean ...

The Indian Ocean became one of the great channels of trade between nations. Greek merchants from Egypt exploited the monsoon winds to ensure a swift passage to south India.

The Indian Ocean is the world’s third-largest body of water and has become a growing area of competition between China and India. The two regional powers’ moves to exert influence in the ocean ...