Talk:Spice trade

A Deafening Silence
Trade is normally a two-way or multi-directional phenomenon. There is a deafening silence in the article on what, if anything, was traded from West to East. Did European and other countries bordering the Mediterranean simply pay (gold and silver) for everything imported? Norvo (talk) 20:31, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I know I'm very late to your question, but I might have a partial answer. During the times when the Dutch East-India Company (VOC) controlled the trade, silver was taken from Western Europe and brought to India, where it was traded for Cloth, Yarn, Silk, Indigo and Pepper. Some of these wares were then brought to other nearby territories (Japan, China, modern day Indonesia and Sri Lanka), where it was traded for spices, ivory, wood, gems, precious metals, etc. These wares were then transported back to Western Europe from Batavia (Jakarta) and Galle. Hopefully this helps clarify! --TimTheDragonRider (talk) 11:20, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Yes, Western Europe paid mostly silver from the mines of Germany, Greece, etc for the spices and other luxury goods of Asia. When maritime technology brought easier shipping by sea, it also brought the conquest of Peru and Mexico and their silver mines. Minted into Spanish dollars this silver paid for Spain's wars in Italy and the Netherlands, and from there some of it flowed to East Asia in the spice trade. The resulting inflation in East Asia became more severe when the Manila galleon trade got underway. Jim.henderson (talk) 14:21, 16 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Makes you wonder why they tell them that they had to take the Hajj, just like trying to prove to be able to walk land and seas alike. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:4DD7:A13:0:843D:27B6:EE6C:C385 (talk) 05:05, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Update
Would anyone happen to have pointers for how to improve this article? --TimTheDragonRider (talk) 11:52, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Please delete paragraph without valid source or international jurnal
Many of paragraphs in this article is without valid source and international journals. Yukiaika3 (talk) 10:24, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Can you explain what the problem is? Your English makes it hard to understand. Also . Invasive Spices (talk) 22 February 2022 (UTC)