Spice Route
Trade network spanning several continents in reach for the Spice Islands in South East Asia. This includes WHS where spice is/was produced and/or traded.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Ancient Thebes | Relief records early spice trade expeditions | |
| Borobudur | Contains carvings depicting early maritime trade | |
| Churches and Convents of Goa | Portuguese foothold on the trade route | |
| Incense Route of the Negev | “reflect the prosperity of the Nabatean Spice trade over five hundred years from the third century BC” (AB ev) | |
| Istanbul | Spice Bazaar | |
| Mahabalipuram | Ancient port | |
| Melaka and George Town | ||
| Old Town of Galle | Trading post and source of cinnamon | |
| Safranbolu | The name of the town derives from "saffron" - Safranbolu was a trading place and a center for growing saffron. | |
| Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District | "Traditionally, coffee and tea, cocoa, dried fruit, nuts, spices and other such precious delicacies were the most important goods stored in the Speicherstadt." (nom file), Hamburg has a modern spice museum in the Speicherstadt telling the story | |
| Stone Town of Zanzibar | "flourishing centre of the spice trade" (wiki) | |
| Tabriz Bazaar | "Tabriz is the most famous trade city of Asia, because caravans bring all types of goods. They bring silk, diamond, pictured cotton, cinnamon and spices from Tatarstan, Uzbekistan, Tibet, China and eastern India." (Nomination file p. 261) | |
| Venice and its Lagoon | Trade hub, selling spices to rest of Europe | |
| Western Ghats | The Cardamom Hills produce Cardamom. Both wild and cultivated (nom file) | |
| Yazd | Close to the Spice and Silk Roads. |
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