(*) Long-distance trade across this body spurred the development of boats called dhow ["dow"] and spread the modern-day Shirazi people from the city of Shiraz.
A 2016 study by Nicole Boivin et al. dated a migration across this body of water to around 700 to 1000 AD based on the planting of mung bean and cotton. Sailors on this body of water gave a name meaning "the moon" to islands where Shikomori is spoken. It's not a strait, but trade in this body of water was the main purpose of the creation of the VOC [V-O-C] and was why the Mamluks launched an expedition to Diu [dyew]. (*) Long-distance trade across this body spurred the development of boats called dhow ["dow"] and spread the modern-day Shirazi people from the city of Shiraz. At the apex of its power, the Chola dynasty controlled much of this body of water, which was crossed by ancestors of the Malagasy people. For 10 points, the port of Goa is on a branch of what major world ocean?
A 2016 study by Nicole Boivin et al. dated a migration across this body of water to around 700 to 1000 AD based on the planting of mung bean and cotton.
Indian Ocean [accept Arabian Sea or Bay of Bengal specifically] &lt;WA, WorldHist&gt;