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    The spice trade involved historical civilizations in Asia, Northeast Africa and Europe. Spices, such as cinnamon, cassia, cardamom, ginger, pepper, nutmeg...
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    trading center for spices. The most important discovery prior to the European spice trade was the monsoon winds (40 CE). Sailing from Eastern spice cultivators...
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    Nutmeg (redirect from Mace (spice))
    Nutmeg is the seed, or the ground spice derived from that seed, of several tree species of the genus Myristica; fragrant nutmeg or true nutmeg (M. fragrans)...
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    The Spice Girls are an English girl group formed in 1994, consisting of Mel B ("Scary Spice"); Melanie C ("Sporty Spice"); Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice");...
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    example, the spice trade and grain trade have both historically been important in the development of a global, international economy. Retail trade consists...
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    Black pepper (redirect from Pepper (spice))
    traditional medicine. Black pepper is the world's most traded spice, and is one of the most common spices added to cuisines around the world. Its spiciness...
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    Below is a list of spices and other flavouring substances commonly used in India. Spice trade Masala dabba, traditional spice box Spice Mixes cumin seed...
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  • The American Spice Trade Association (ASTA) is an American trade association for companies importing, processing and distributing food spices. It was founded...
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    India Company, who were trading with Tamil merchants along the Coromandel Coast of southeast India, becoming known as a "spice blend ... called kari podi...
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    geographically well placed to profit from maritime trade via the extensive Indian Ocean networks. Exchange of spices, especially black pepper, with Middle Eastern...
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    Before being overtaken by the Europeans in the spice trade, Malabar Muslims were a prosperous trading community, settled mainly in the coastal urban centres...
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    with the aim of finding a sea route to the source of the lucrative spice trade. In 1488, Bartolomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and in 1498...
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    is) the center for spice trade in Istanbul, but in recent years shops of other types are gradually replacing the sellers of spices. The building itself...
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    newcomers were welcomed in the area as buyers of supplies and spices during a lull in the regional trade due to the temporary disruption of Javanese and Malay...
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    Clove (category Spices)
    Austronesian maritime trade network (which began around 1500 BC, later becoming the Maritime Silk Road and part of the Spice Trade).[citation needed] The...
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    its spice monopoly and slave trading activities through most of the 17th century. Having been set up in 1602 to profit from the Malukan spice trade, the...
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    Houtman showed that the Portuguese monopoly on the spice trade was vulnerable. A flurry of Dutch trading voyages followed, eventually leading to the displacement...
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    the archipelago during the Age of Exploration and participated in the spice trade, war and conquest. By the early 17th century, the Dutch East India Company...
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  • trade hub where Chinese, Arab, and Jewish traders had considerable influence in the spice market; before that the Greeks and Romans were in the trade...
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    Ginger (category Indian spices)
    Hawaii. Ginger is one of the first spices to have been exported from Asia, arriving in Europe with the spice trade, and was used by ancient Greeks and...
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    large role in the Arab world. Significant trade routes included the Silk Road, the spice trade, and the trade in gold, salt, slaves and luxury goods including...
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    to trade with the Far East directly by sea. This in turn challenged the older trading networks of mixed land and sea routes, such as the spice trade routes...
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    The history of spices reach back thousands of years, dating back to the 8th century B.C. Spices are widely known to be developed and discovered in Asian...
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    Era (CE). The region had been a prominent spice exporter since 3000 BCE. The region's prominence in trade was noted in the works of Pliny as well as...
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  • spices blended together. Below is a list of spices and other flavoring substances commonly used in Bangladesh. Bangladeshi cuisine Spice trade "Spice"...
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    Indo-Roman trade relations (see also the spice trade and incense road) was trade between the Indian subcontinent and the Roman Empire in Europe and the...
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    unique wildlife. The Maluku, or Spice Islands, are historically significant for their role in the global spice trade. The term "Indonesian Archipelago"...
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    Among notable trade routes was the Amber Road, which served as a dependable network for long-distance trade. Maritime trade along the Spice Route became...
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  • relations; the spice trade between India and Europe was the primary catalyst for Europe's Age of Discovery. Spices were bought from India and traded around Europe...
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    Archipelago. Their quest to dominate the source of the spices that sustained the lucrative spice trade in the early 16th century, along with missionary efforts...
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