The collapse of the Western Roman Empire slowed the process of expanding world trade beyond the Indian Ocean cradle. But don’t make it stop. A powerful new monotheistic religion – Islam – emerges and promotes a new expansion of trade across the Indian Ocean, across the vast plains of Asia, and to the ends of […]
Red Mediterranean corals and the world’s best glass (also popular in China) are exported to India. Lead from Spain and copper from Cyprus (Cyprus) filled the ballast compartments of many Greek ships. While the Cornwall region traveled straight from England to Alexandria ready for the next journey, Italian ships set off for Egypt and India, […]
Both pepper and ginger grow naturally on their lands, but are purchased in the same weight as gold and silver. ”39 Condemn the spirit of Pliny, as well as of Seneca or other critics of failure Rome’s demise, which is a mirror of today’s common view: that East-West trade contributed to the collapse of the […]
Although the contemporary image of the city was overshadowed by the ruins of the Colosseum and the Roman Square, the commercial life of ancient Rome concentrated in the streets filled with houses, shops and horrea. Perhaps nothing more important is the horrea piperataria, a spice warehouse, just outside Via Sacra, the capital’s main street, today […]
Monkeys, tigers, cockatoos, rhinos are not uncommon in the capital; Latin-speaking parrots appear in every variety show; The Romans preferred the ivory of both India and Africa to decorate furnishings, weapons, chariots, jewelery, and musical instruments: music. It is rumored that the stoic philosopher and playwright Seneca has 500 three-legged tables with ivory table legs […]
The giant Indian Ocean acts as a heat sinking place, temperatures almost unchanged as the vast expanse of Asia heats up in the summer and cools down in the winter. Because heat reduces pressure and cold increases pressure, wind in a given area tends to blow from high pressure (cold) to low pressure (hot) – […]
Only among the major rivers in the world, the Nile flows to the north, with north winds blowing year-round. These two conditions help the ship sail down to the north and sail upstream to the south. The journey back and forth between the Nile, the desert, and the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean could […]
When Cléopatre talked to Caesar, her wide education, her intelligence gradually moved Caesar’s heart. Historians said that year, Cléopatre used the “magic quick talk”, “make people passionate”. She mastered Greek history, literature and philosophy, and talked about sports in six languages. She not only had the vision of a strategist, the intelligence of the negotiator, […]
Cléopatre met Caesar’s messenger, who knew well that she wanted to regain her lost power, which must have been with Caesar’s help. So Caesar’s decision was in his favor, Cléopatre suggested that an urgent method must be arranged for Caesar before his brother. Therefore, she decided to immediately go, carrying the smartest entourage she could […]
When Caesar’s army chased Pompei to the Egyptian capital Alessandria, Pompei was murdered by the Egyptians. The reason is that, shortly after Pompei entered Egypt, the king of Egypt immediately received the news that Caesar led the great army chasing to Egypt. Ptolémée 13 – the king of Egypt and his courtiers said that Caesar’s […]