Mediterranean trade routes

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historical trade network maritime trade route system

Mediterranean trade routes were a network of maritime and coastal pathways that connected Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, facilitating extensive commercial, cultural, and disease transmission across the Mediterranean Sea.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mediterranean maritime routes	1
Mediterranean–Adriatic route	1
Phoenician trade routes	1
Venetian maritime trade routes	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical trade network ⓘ maritime trade route system ⓘ
associatedWith	Black Death spread in the 14th century ⓘ
connected	Europe ⓘ Middle East ⓘ surface form: Near East North Africa ⓘ
facilitated	commercial exchange ⓘ cultural exchange ⓘ disease transmission ⓘ
governedBy	maritime law and customs ⓘ
influenced	diffusion of religions ⓘ spread of artistic styles ⓘ spread of writing systems ⓘ urbanization in Mediterranean port cities ⓘ
linked	Atlantic trade routes ⓘ Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ Red Sea trade routes ⓘ Silk Road routes ⓘ surface form: Silk Road
locatedIn	Mediterranean Basin ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean Sea region
majorPort	Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ surface form: Alexandria Athens ⓘ Barcelona ⓘ Carthage ⓘ Istanbul ⓘ surface form: Constantinople Genoa ⓘ Marseille ⓘ Ostia ⓘ Piraeus ⓘ Rome ⓘ Sidon ⓘ Tripoli ⓘ Tunis ⓘ Tyre ⓘ Venice ⓘ
mediumOfTransport	coastal cabotage ⓘ maritime navigation ⓘ
strategicFor	naval powers ⓘ
supported	economic integration of Mediterranean basin ⓘ
timePeriod	Bronze Age ⓘ Classical antiquity ⓘ surface form: Classical Antiquity Early Modern period ⓘ surface form: Early modern period Middle Ages ⓘ
tradedGood	ceramics ⓘ glassware ⓘ grain ⓘ metals ⓘ olive oil ⓘ slaves ⓘ spices ⓘ textiles ⓘ wine ⓘ
usedBy	Greeks ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greeks Romans ⓘ surface form: Ancient Romans Byzantine Empire ⓘ Genoese Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic Caliphates ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Phoenician civilization ⓘ Venetian Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Lordship of Montpellier (temporarily) → associatedWith → Mediterranean trade routes ⓘ

subject surface form: Lordship of Montpellier

Gulf of Tunis → hasHistoricalAssociationWith → Mediterranean trade routes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Phoenician trade routes

Caffa → linkedTo → Mediterranean trade routes ⓘ

Algeciras–Tangier Med → partOf → Mediterranean trade routes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mediterranean maritime routes

Strait of Otranto → partOfSeaRoute → Mediterranean trade routes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mediterranean–Adriatic route

Black Death → spreadAlong → Mediterranean trade routes ⓘ

Venetian navy → supported → Mediterranean trade routes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Venetian maritime trade routes