Indian Ocean Trade Network

Monsoons were vital to trade

Monsoons

Monsoons

Resources Traded

Resources Traded

Swahili City States or East African City States

East African Slave Trade

East African and West African trade networks are linked

Silk Road and Indian Ocean TradeNetwork linked

Indian Ocean, Silk Road and West Africa trade networks are linked

Silk Road, Indian Ocean and West Africa Trade Routes

Silk Road and Indian Ocean trade network

Zheng He

Zheng He

Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta