A Map of Time
1. 200 b.c.e. –200 c.e.
-------- Trade-borne disease enters Greece from Egypt All-water route opened between India and China Initial flourishing of Silk Road commerce Beginning of trans-Saharan trade Mongol Empire revitalizes Silk Road commerce Marco Polo in China Black Death enters Europe via transcontinental trade routes Chinese monopoly on silk production broken
2. 430 b.c.e.
-------- Trade-borne disease enters Greece from Egypt All-water route opened between India and China Initial flourishing of Silk Road commerce Beginning of trans-Saharan trade Mongol Empire revitalizes Silk Road commerce Marco Polo in China Black Death enters Europe via transcontinental trade routes Chinese monopoly on silk production broken
3. 300–400 c.e.
-------- Trade-borne disease enters Greece from Egypt All-water route opened between India and China Initial flourishing of Silk Road commerce Beginning of trans-Saharan trade Mongol Empire revitalizes Silk Road commerce Marco Polo in China Black Death enters Europe via transcontinental trade routes Chinese monopoly on silk production broken
4. 350
-------- Trade-borne disease enters Greece from Egypt All-water route opened between India and China Initial flourishing of Silk Road commerce Beginning of trans-Saharan trade Mongol Empire revitalizes Silk Road commerce Marco Polo in China Black Death enters Europe via transcontinental trade routes Chinese monopoly on silk production broken
5. 6th century
-------- Trade-borne disease enters Greece from Egypt All-water route opened between India and China Initial flourishing of Silk Road commerce Beginning of trans-Saharan trade Mongol Empire revitalizes Silk Road commerce Marco Polo in China Black Death enters Europe via transcontinental trade routes Chinese monopoly on silk production broken
6. 13th and 14th centuries
-------- Trade-borne disease enters Greece from Egypt All-water route opened between India and China Initial flourishing of Silk Road commerce Beginning of trans-Saharan trade Mongol Empire revitalizes Silk Road commerce Marco Polo in China Black Death enters Europe via transcontinental trade routes Chinese monopoly on silk production broken
7. 1275–1292
-------- Trade-borne disease enters Greece from Egypt All-water route opened between India and China Initial flourishing of Silk Road commerce Beginning of trans-Saharan trade Mongol Empire revitalizes Silk Road commerce Marco Polo in China Black Death enters Europe via transcontinental trade routes Chinese monopoly on silk production broken
8. 1346–1350
-------- Trade-borne disease enters Greece from Egypt All-water route opened between India and China Initial flourishing of Silk Road commerce Beginning of trans-Saharan trade Mongol Empire revitalizes Silk Road commerce Marco Polo in China Black Death enters Europe via transcontinental trade routes Chinese monopoly on silk production broken