Question

Compare the indian ocean trade with the mediterranean sea trade. (consider how geography, technology, and economic goods affected the two trade networks).

Answer 1

Indian Ocean Trade and Mediterranean Sea Trade differ from each other due to their geographical, technological and economical goods differences.

Geography: The Indian Ocean Trades are long distance trade due to less islands while the Mediterranean Sea trades are short distance trade. The volume of trade is low in the Indian Ocean trade while it is high in the Mediterranean Sea Trade.

Technology: Technology also plays an important role in both the trades. In case of Indian Ocean trade, the ships do not use ores and sails are triangular in shape while the Mediterranean Sea Traders use ores for sailing and their ships are not triangular in shape. Indian Ocean Trader ships are faster sailing than the Mediterranean Sea Trader.

Economic Goods: The Indian Ocean Traders have high quality and valued goods than that of the Mediterranean Sea Traders. This is due to the fact that India and China both have highly valued products for trading to other countries.