PRACTICE MISSIONtrade, belief, technology, and state power
trade, belief, technology, and state power
NEW CASENEW EVIDENCE
Indian Ocean monsoon log
A port log from an adapted fourteenth-century case records 42 arrivals in July-September and 9 in January-March. Sailing notes say southwest monsoon winds carried ships toward India in summer and northeast winds supported return voyages in winter.
Compare seasonal counts.
Connect wind direction to sailing schedules.
Do not confuse correlation with random timing.
What explains the seasonal pattern most plausibly?