Comments on: Hunting for Muziris – III http://varnam.org/blog/2006/06/hunting_for_muziris_iii/ History, Current Affairs & Books Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:39:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JK http://varnam.org/blog/2006/06/hunting_for_muziris_iii/comment-page-1/#comment-2183 JK Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:50:13 +0000 http://varnam.org/blog/?p=1082#comment-2183 P@L, The Arab middle men used to charge heavily for their services and hence people like Vaso da Gama started looking for a sea route to India. This spice business via sea then led to the rise of marital powers like Portugal, England, Spain and the Dutch and eventually to the colonisation of the sub continent. P@L,

The Arab middle men used to charge heavily for their services and hence people like Vaso da Gama started looking for a sea route to India. This spice business via sea then led to the rise of marital powers like Portugal, England, Spain and the Dutch and eventually to the colonisation of the sub continent.

]]> By: P@L http://varnam.org/blog/2006/06/hunting_for_muziris_iii/comment-page-1/#comment-2182 P@L Sun, 18 Jun 2006 16:14:59 +0000 http://varnam.org/blog/?p=1082#comment-2182 As far as I understand, spice trade to Europe from the 7th to the 15th century was via Venice. Venice was the only gateway for this trade to Europe, which they utilised completely to their advantage. So, you may see this as an indirect trading route to Rome (if you consider Roman and Venetian republics as two separate nations back then). The trade route was India->Syria->Egypt(Alexandria)->Venice. Eventhough the spice was from India, it was the Arab merchants who transported them all the way to Egypt and dealt with the Europeans. As far as I understand, spice trade to Europe from the 7th to the 15th century was via Venice. Venice was the only gateway for this trade to Europe, which they utilised completely to their advantage. So, you may see this as an indirect trading route to Rome (if you consider Roman and Venetian republics as two separate nations back then). The trade route was India->Syria->Egypt(Alexandria)->Venice.

Eventhough the spice was from India, it was the Arab merchants who transported them all the way to Egypt and dealt with the Europeans.

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