As trade flourished along the network’s routes, so did construction, such as this massive fifth-century basilica in Adulis, a port city in what’s now Eritrea ... the Romans by generations. The Indian ...

To understand the history of the Indian Ocean trade ... Muslims began to dominate international trade and started to control critical port cities. The traders who were mostly from the Arabian ...

These trading ... the Indian Ocean coasts the Periplus mentions may not be well-known today but were some of the most vibrant trading centres of the world at the time. The Indian port city of ...

His book, The Rihla, talks of his travels in the Maldives and all throughout the Indian Ocean trading ports, and is perhaps the best depiction of the port cities, types of vessels, cargo traded ...

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday said the Indian Ocean is not only a 'crucial conduit' for international trade but also a space of increasing strategic importance. Speaking at ...

China has provoked the ire of the Indian ... of a new port city in Sri Lanka. New Delhi has responded cautiously to the move which could see Beijing project power into the Indian Ocean.