Its wealth derived from the control of the spice trade and the cotton industry.

其财富来源于对香料贸易和棉花业的控制。

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Now the ancient Romans had a thriving spice trade and they sent their ships to the east and back.

现在古罗马人有繁荣的香料贸易，他们派船往返东方。

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Spain, however, was determined to have a share in the spice trade.

但是，西班牙决计要分享香料商业的长处。

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The Italian cities of Genoa and Venice became powerful because they were at the center of the spice trade.

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More recently, Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus discovered new lands while seeking to expand trade with spice-growing areas in Asia.

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The spice route and spice trade was very important to this region, and no other geography can claim that it is rich in pepper with 90% of the production coming from the Asian region.

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Three companies in India have been identified as the source of the contamination, and have had their licence to trade suspended by the Indian Spice Board pending further investigation.

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