The Dutch took control of the spice trade from the Portugese in the fifteenth century.
Yes. They were the primary movers of spices in the 1400s.
Arabs
Italian city-states controlled trade on the Mediterranean Sea during the late Middle Ages.
Marco Polo and his trading company
Indonesian spice pirates
Indonesia.
The most important spice during the Middle Ages was black pepper. It was a very valuable commodity in the European spice trade.
Italy
Italy as a united country has never controlled trade with Arabs. The city-state of Venice controlled the spice trade along with the Arabs in 1500s and 1600s, but most other forms of trade in Italy were dispersed throughout different provinces at different time periods.
spice trade was controlled from europ to china and beyond by sea and ground.
The Spice Islands
They grew beans, onions, lettuce, cucumbers, and spice plants.