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There was no water route to India. Italy have a monopoly on the spice trade because they had the only water route to India
Italy lost a monopoly
Italy lost a monopoly
Italy lost a monopoly
Venice did because all the trade routes went right through it. I don't know about Portugal.
They discovered the Southern Route to the Indian Ocean, via Cape Hope, established trading enclaves at Indian Ocean Ports like Macau, and enforced their trade monopoly with Cannon, Ships, and Fortifications. They were tough, able, Mariners and Traders and they broke the Spice Monopoly belonging to the Arab Traders before them.
In 1300 Italy was not yet a state , but a myriad of independent feudal seignories, city states, maritime republics, the States of the Church and states subject to foreign monarchies. Therefore Italy as a whole had no monopoly. The Maritime Republics of Genoa, Venice, Pisa had the monopoly of the maritime routes to the Mediterranean Eastern States, that means they had also the monopoly of the spice trade.
The Italian Trade monoply accoured during the three worlds meet [Europe Africa and North America]. They would trasde goods. Per-say a special spice to be brought from Africa to Europe. It would travel from market to market until given to the buyer. If the price started at 1.50, it would be sold at 1.50 to the next market. But that market would bring up the price, maybe to, let's say, 1.75. Eventually the price of the spice's transportation from Africa to Europe would sky rocket, making a 1.50 priced spice go to 7.75. This is called the Italian Trade Monopoly; it made the Italians gain wealth but other's not. This made other countries angry, which of course led to the end of this trade- leading to more transportation on water to get these goods.
They discovered the Southern Route to the Indian ocean, via Cape Hope, established trading enclaves at Indian Ocean Ports like Macau, and enforced their trade monopoly with Cannon, Ships, and Fortifications. They were tough, able, Mariners and Traders and they broke the Spice Monopoly belonging to the Arab Traders before them.
a fur trade monopoly is the control over fur
To create a monopoly in trade with Asia and Africa.
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