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do you know how far madagascar is from easter island? if you're talking about mediterranean and river travel, yes you're right. but the pacific ocean + indian o
by ridicter 9mo ago
do you know how far madagascar is from easter island? if you're talking about mediterranean and river travel, yes you're right. but the pacific ocean + indian ocean are utterly massive.
- ridicter 9mo agoI actually forgot that there is solid evidence now that Austronesians made contact with South America. So that's even crazier!
- alephnerd 9mo agoTake a look at Ocean Current maps sometime [0]. It's easier to sail to and from Madagascar to much of Asia than it is to sail to Madagascar across the Madagascar channel. [0] - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corrientes-oceanicas.png#mw-jump-to-license https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corrientes-oceanicas...
- jcranmer 9mo agoI believe more trade between China and the Mediterranean was transited via Indian Ocean trade routes than via the traditional Silk Road, though I'm hard-pressed to find actual statistics.
- doug713705 9mo ago> I believe more trade between China and the Mediterranean was transited via Indian Ocean trade routes than via the traditional Silk Road At the time there was no Suez canal. Going from europe to China by sea would mean go around Africa which was a challenge by itself.
- jcranmer 9mo agoNo, you'd go overland in Suez and then go down the Red Sea. Although there was a Suez canal at various times in antiquity, albeit one between the Red Sea and the Nile, not the Mediterranean directly.