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1200 BCE – 500 CE

Trade routes of antiquity

21 trade routes whose span overlaps this band, grouped by region and listed in order.

Europe · 5

Amber Road 1000 BCE – 400 CE Roman Mediterranean Trade 27 BCE – 476 CE Roman Northern Trade 27 BCE – 410 CE Roman Rhine–Danube Trade 27 BCE – 476 CE Roman Western Trade 27 BCE – 476 CE

Middle East · 8

Mesopotamian Trade Network 3000 BCE – 500 BCE Nile River Trade 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Egyptian Red Sea Trade 2500 BCE – 30 BCE Incense Route 1000 BCE – 200 CE Phoenician Trade Route 800 BCE – 300 BCE Persian Royal Road 500 BCE – 330 BCE Mediterranean Southern Route 331 BCE – 1500 CE Maritime Silk Road – Red Sea Branch 200 BCE – 1500 CE

South Asia · 1

Grand Trunk Road 300 BCE

East Asia · 2

Maritime Silk Road 200 BCE – 1500 CE Silk Road 200 BCE – 1450 CE

Africa · 2

Trans-Saharan Eastern Route 400 CE Trans-Saharan Western Route 400 CE

Americas · 1

Mesoamerican Trade Network 1200 BCE – 1521 CE

Oceania · 1

Lapita Expansion (Western Polynesia) 1500 BCE – 500 BCE

Elsewhere · 1

Silk Road Southern Branch 200 BCE – 1450 CE