It used to be a very busy place in the spice trade.

To this end, he called on his old partners in the spice trade.

By the 19th century, the spice trade had declined substantially.

This sent the Portuguese spice trade into a long decline.

I can speak directly to the managers of the spice trade.

The spice trade was merely a means to build up the royal treasury.

To know the spice trade is to know a good deal about Indonesia.

The question for the Portuguese was no longer 'how can we break into the spice trade?'

It became a center of the European spice trade in the 17th century but is now coveted for its timber, oil and natural gas.

The rise of these city-states was funded in large part by the spice trade.