When were markets created?

Essay Key Points

Miral Skinner

‘Waterborne Traffic’The first market started in 1000 BCThe only transportation at this time was by

waterThe first trade routes were along main rivers

such as the Nile, the Tigris and Euphrates, the Indus and the Yellow River

This era was called the ‘Waterborne Traffic’

‘The Caravan’Single humped Arabian camel in North

Africa, Middle East and IndiaDouble humped Bactrian camel in central

Asia and MongoliaCarried out until the 4th centuryArabs and The Gulf of AqabaRoute of the Red Sea along the

Mediterranean coast

‘Silk Road’300 BC new routes were formed to Greece

instead of the Mediterranean routeNew nations created new routes for easy

access106 BC caravan leaves China and went to

PersiaSilk Roads were opened

Global EconomicsThe silk road opened and let other countries

passedNow other nations have access to do their

businesses