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Indonesian merchants traveled around China, India, the Middle East, and the east coast of Africa. [[Arab]] merchants facilitated the routes through the Middle East and India. This resulted in the Egyptian [[port city]] of [[Alexandria]] being the main trading center for spices. The most important discovery prior to the European spice trade was the [[monsoon]] winds (40 CE). Sailing from Eastern spice cultivators to Western European consumers gradually replaced the land-locked spice routes once facilitated by the Middle East Arab caravans. | Indonesian merchants traveled around China, India, the Middle East, and the east coast of Africa. [[Wikipedia:Arab|Arab]] merchants facilitated the routes through the Middle East and India. This resulted in the Egyptian [[Wikipedia:port city|port city]] of [[Wikipedia:Alexandria|Alexandria]] being the main trading center for spices. The most important discovery prior to the European spice trade was the [[Wikipedia:monsoon|monsoon]] winds (40 CE). Sailing from Eastern spice cultivators to Western European consumers gradually replaced the land-locked spice routes once facilitated by the Middle East Arab caravans. |