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Spice trade
The spice trade was the long-distance commerce in spices such as pepper, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg from South and Southeast Asia. It enriched intermediaries in India, Arabia and the Mediterranean. Empires including the Srivijaya and Majapahit empires, the Mamluk Sultanate and the Dutch Empire profited from controlling it.
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