Red Sea trade corridor

E458435

historical trade route maritime trade route

The Red Sea trade corridor is a historically vital maritime route linking the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean worlds, facilitating commerce and cultural exchange between Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and Asia.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Red Sea maritime routes	1
Red Sea routes	1
Red Sea–Arabian interior caravan routes	1
Red Sea–Gulf of Aqaba maritime routes	1
Red Sea–Mediterranean trade route	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical trade route ⓘ maritime trade route ⓘ
connects	Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	antiquity ⓘ classical era ⓘ early modern period ⓘ late antiquity ⓘ medieval period ⓘ
includesPort	Aden NERFINISHED ⓘ Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Berenike NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeddah NERFINISHED ⓘ Massawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Myos Hormos NERFINISHED ⓘ Suakin NERFINISHED ⓘ Suez NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	development of Swahili Coast trade networks ⓘ spread of Christianity along the Horn of Africa ⓘ spread of Islam ⓘ
linkedTo	Nile River NERFINISHED ⓘ overland caravan routes in Arabia ⓘ overland caravan routes in Northeast Africa ⓘ
locatedIn	Red Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCommodity	frankincense ⓘ gold ⓘ grain ⓘ incense ⓘ ivory ⓘ myrrh ⓘ slaves ⓘ spices ⓘ textiles ⓘ
partOf	Indo-Mediterranean trade network NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Incense Route NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Ocean trade network NERFINISHED ⓘ Silk Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of access between Mediterranean and Indian Ocean ⓘ
traverses	Bab-el-Mandeb Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulf of Aden NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulf of Suez NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Arab merchants NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine merchants NERFINISHED ⓘ East African merchants ⓘ Egyptian merchants ⓘ Indian merchants ⓘ Roman merchants ⓘ
usedFor	cultural exchange ⓘ maritime commerce ⓘ movement of ideas ⓘ movement of people ⓘ movement of technologies ⓘ religious exchange ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Himyar → strategicLocation → Red Sea trade corridor ⓘ

Leuke Kome → tradeRoute → Red Sea trade corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Sea–Mediterranean trade route

Nuweiba → locatedOnRoute → Red Sea trade corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Sea–Gulf of Aqaba maritime routes

Qataban → strategicLocation → Red Sea trade corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Sea–Arabian interior caravan routes

Lord of the Conquest, Navigation, and Commerce of Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia, and India → assertedOver → Red Sea trade corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Sea routes

Ottoman garrisons in Yemen → supplyRoute → Red Sea trade corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Sea maritime routes