Episode 4: The Indian Ocean - In the eye of the monsoon

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The Indian Ocean is the most tropical of the oceans. Its warm waters produce a special diversity of species, its island world many indigenous cultures, which develop their own myths and ways of life influenced by the climate rhythms and live a particularly close relationship with the element of water. The Indian Ocean was also conquered by Europeans earlier than the other oceans. It is the sea of the Middle Ages because it harbors the spice islands with their black gold: pepper. On the maritime Silk Road of the “Islamic Sea”, local cultures mix with Arab and European influence and continue to shape the people to this day.

A young, wild ocean. Due to its elongated shape, nowhere else do the tides and storms have such a strong effect as here. With a tidal range of up to 8 meters, they shape the everyday lives of people…

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The Indian Ocean is the most tropical of the oceans. Its warm waters produce a special diversity of species, its island world many indigenous cultures, which develop their own myths and ways of life…

Long before European and Arab seafarers developed large ships with which they could discover and navigate the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean was the pivotal point of world history. Protected by…