Indian Ocean Ccot
In the period between 650 C.E. and 1750 C.E., the Indian Ocean region continued to be a place of commerce that was economically beneficial for countries that traded and exchanged raw materials and ideas. While changes in urbanization occurred, cultural diffusion began to spread and change other countries ways of living. The most important continuities were the trade routes that were created by the European merchants and traders to import and export their materials to and from Asia. In addition, more participation of European traders in India marker a great change due to their interest in Asian products. Therefore, as time passed, Europeans began to settle in the Indian Ocean basin.
Traveling through the same trade routes was very beneficial. It was also easier for the traders. Due to their repetitious trading in the Indian Ocean, traders started to become familiarized with the routes and began to depend on those routes for their safe arrival in India. Many merchants and traders were heavily dependent on the monsoon winds, as well as their navigational instruments, to avoid any dangers while traveling. Trading ports survived and maintained their value to import and export goods with merchants from India, as well as other parts of the Pacific Coast. And because the commerce in the Indian Ocean is considered to be a long processed trading system, the use of storehouses still remained, continuing to benefit traveling merchants.
The same products were traded across the Indian Ocean. Textiles, spices, and crops were exported from India while gold and silver were imported to India. When spices and other materials were introduced to the western world, many merchants from Europe participated in the commerce of the Indian Ocean trade. Soon, it started to emerge as an essential nation in global trade. This rapid increase in the participation of European traders and merchants allowed for colonization and settlements in the Indian Ocean basin.