Complete the account of Indian Ocean trade.
Once sailors understood the timing of the ______ winds, ships could cross the open ocean directly; along those routes, Roman gold flowed east for pepper and gems, and ______ spread outward to China and Japan.
Word bank: monsoon · Buddhism · trade · Hinduism
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- Seasonal winds made the crossing predictable in both directions.
- Goods went one way and precious metal the other.
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Once sailors understood the timing of the monsoon winds, ships could cross the open ocean directly; along those routes, Roman gold flowed east for pepper and gems, and Buddhism spread outward to China and Japan.
The monsoon was a seasonal highway. Goods went one way, gold the other, and ideas rode along for free, the reason a religion born in the Ganges plain ended up chanted in Kyoto.
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