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3000 BCE – 1200 BCE

Trade routes of the Bronze Age

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

Middle East · 3

Mesopotamian Trade Network 3000 BCE – 500 BCE Nile River Trade 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Egyptian Red Sea Trade 2500 BCE – 30 BCE

South Asia · 1

Harappan Maritime Trade (Indus–Mesopotamia) 2600 BCE – 1900 BCE

Americas · 1

Mesoamerican Trade Network 1200 BCE – 1521 CE

Oceania · 1

Lapita Expansion (Western Polynesia) 1500 BCE – 500 BCE