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Indian Ocean Trade Network (1340s)

Type Event Region Indian Ocean Time 1341–1350

From 1341 to 1350, the Indian Ocean monsoon trade network linked East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian subcontinent, and the Southeast Asian…

Timeline

  1. 1341–1347Aden · YemenThe Mamluk Sultanate controlled the Red Sea and Egyptian ports, transshipping Indian and Southeast Asian goods to the Mediterranean via hubs such as Aden and Jeddah, and trading spices and luxury goods with Venetian and Genoese merchants, forming the westward outlet of Indian Ocean trade.
  2. 1343–1350Java · IndonesiaMajapahit continued to expand under the regency of Gajah Mada; after conquering Bali in 1343, it strengthened control over trade in the Nusantara archipelago, making Java the Southeast Asian core linking China, India, and East African routes.
  3. 1348–1350Alexandria · MediterraneanIn 1348, plague swept Egypt, Syria, and Mecca; port closures and sharp population decline caused Red Sea–Indian Ocean trade volumes to plummet and the pilgrimage economy to shrink, marking a structural blow to the Indian Ocean trade network at the end of the 1340s.

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