These six maps show
the development of western and eastern trade networks and their interaction,
leading to the emergence of the "Silk Road" and its eventual
replacement by maritime routes.
An exeption is Asia where a large network of maritime routes
already existed tho hundred an
more years B.C.E. For example 200 BC native Balinese were in contact with
visiting traders who were able to bring in large amounts of Indian trade
pottery. DNA analysis of a tooth found with imported pottery in Bali followed
up with research of the mtDNA and Y chromosome
data of 551 modern Balinese men, once more indicated that there was significant
prehistoric contact between India and Bali pointing to a much larger trading network
in this area than previously suspected. (An Indian trader in ancient Bali,
Antiquity, 2004, vol. 78, no 300, pp. 287-293.) See
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