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                                    Weaving the Web of an Indian Ocean World... 

As I was reading chapter 7, I was fascinated by the fact that the world of India Ocean commerce dated back to the time of the First Civilization. We now think it is so wonderful to order supplies from all over the world, and we obtain them in a matter of hours; trading has existed for thousands of years: Seaborne trade via the Persian Gulf between ancient Mesopotamia the the Indus Valley civilization is reflected in archeological finds in both places (p.293). Furthermore, the Egyptians, the Phoenician, traded in the area of the Red Sea, exchanging different kinds of goods, from the coasts of Ethiopia, Somalia, and southern Arabia, these trades took place in close range; however, Malay sailor ventured out from Indonesia during the first millennium B.C.E. all the way to the East African island of Madagascar in canoes. They introduced some of the typical foods we know today as bananas, coconuts and taro, along with their language. Furthermore, they also brought the Malayo-Polynesian xylophone, which was adapted as part of their culture in Africa and still played today. During that time, the extinction of ¨the elephant bird" occurred. A huge flightless bird weighing up to 600 pounds and only found in Madagascar (p.293).

 

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