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500 CE – 1500 CE

Trade routes of the Middle Ages

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

Europe · 9

Varangian Trade Route 800 CE – 1100 CE Venice–Constantinople Route 800 CE – 1600 CE Viking North Sea Trade 800 CE – 1100 CE Viking North Atlantic Route 870 CE – 1400 CE Genoa–Constantinople Route 1000 CE – 1500 CE Hanseatic League 1200 CE – 1669 CE Hanseatic League – Southern Branch 1200 CE – 1669 CE Portuguese Spice Route 1498 CE – 1700 CE Atlantic Trade Route 1500 CE

Middle East · 2

Mediterranean Southern Route 331 BCE – 1500 CE Maritime Silk Road – Red Sea Branch 200 BCE – 1500 CE

East Asia · 4

Maritime Silk Road 200 BCE – 1500 CE Silk Road 200 BCE – 1450 CE Chinese Grand Canal 600 CE Tea Horse Road 700 CE – 1950 CE

Africa · 2

East African Coastal Trade 900 CE – 1505 CE Indian Ocean Trade 900 CE

Americas · 5

Mesoamerican Trade Network 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Polynesian Eastward Voyaging 700 CE – 1300 CE Voyage to Hawai'i 700 CE – 1300 CE Voyage to Aotearoa (New Zealand) 1100 CE – 1400 CE Qhapaq Ñan (Inca Royal Road) 1400 CE – 1572 CE

Elsewhere · 1

Silk Road Southern Branch 200 BCE – 1450 CE