Mediterranean Trade Sea LanesIan, James, Seoyeon, Jimin

Location

Mediterranean Sea Mesopotamia

Egypt

Crete

Greece

Rome

Syria Surrounded by Europe, Asia Minor, and Northern Africa

Climate

Mediterranean atmosphere

Subtropical climate (hot, dry summers & cool wet winters)

Rome: high quality wine => exported to other region

Carthage (Northern Africa):

exported olive oil (olive: popular in Mediterranean region)

Egypt: Dry Desert => wheat & barley

Who traded – which ethnic groups of people?

Jewish Diaspora using the trade routes (continued for 2000 yrs)

Rome & Greece ↔China, India

Egyptians

What goods were traded?

Rome : Wine

Cyprus : Copper, murex (purple dye)

Carthage : Olive Oil

Iberian peninsula : Garum (fish sauce)

Sicily, Egypt, Northern Africa: Grain (to Rome)

Africa :animal skins, exotic animals, precious metals, exotic animals

Asia :spice, art

Ancient Greece :Olive, fig trees, seafood, grapes

What “ideas” were traded?

Idea of Christianity

Traded using the sea trade routes

600 CE -> Christianity spread to all Mediterranean region

Sea trade routes in Roman Empire