A) Describe the popular trade items inside the Indian subcontinent.

They traded rice, wheat, barley, corn, iron, salt, pepper, and spices. They got silk and porcelain from China. They got horses and incense from Arabia. They got gold, ivory, and slaves from Africa.

B) What bodies of water were used to exchange trade items? What were some key trade

routes?

They traded good through the Indian Ocean, the Bay of Bengal, ports of East Africa, and the China seas. Some trade routes were opposites through East Asia, Persia, and Western and Eastern India.

C) What special commodities were produced for the commercial market? (Indian Artisans)

Cotton textiles, sugar refining, leather tanning, stone carving, and carpet weaving.

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