How did the spice trade

influence different
cultures?

By Sophie, Sherry, Joel and Rodrigue

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According to Britannica, spice trade is the merchandising, and transport of spices and herbs.

Such as cinnamon, cassia, cardamom, ginger, and turmeric .

Cinnamon cassia cardamom pods ginger turmeric

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● Spices were the origin of many cultures, because people found countries when trying to
search for new spices, like india.
● India was found with spices, so now is the ‘spice nation’
● A small island, called Run, was one of the world's most valuable islands, because of its’
nutmeg trees, in 1600s.
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- India would seem to be ‘birthplace of spice’, because land of curry and chai. But most of
the spices we know today come from the middle east.
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- For centuries spices traded along silk road.
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● 1453 rise of Ottoman empire restricted Europeans to access overland spices which
explains why Europeans do not use many spices in food.
● Dutch fought over small islands which lasted 200 years, 15th to 17th century.
- Spain and Portugal fought over cloves in the 16th century.
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● Started in the 5th century
● Before, food was flavourless, went off quickly because no refrigerators.
● Spices hid the off tastes from the food.
● Started trading spices, they were rare, were regarded like jewels.
● Started becoming more used when the Portuguese explorer, Vasco de Gama, found India
in 1497. India had lots of spices, so they started importing it back to Europe and America.
● Trading weakened in the 6th century.
● Arabians held on to it, and so continues now.
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● Spice trade route
includes Asia, north
Africa,and Europe.
● Two main countries
that sold spices are
India and China.

Map of the Spice Trade

Route, 100-1500 CE.
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