Events Tagged: "Cairo"

Karimi merchants dominate Cairo spice trade - mysterious guild controls Red Sea-Mediterranean transshipment, immense wealth

Venetian funduq established in Cairo - permanent trading post and warehouse, Venice gets privileged access to spices

Mamluk spice convoys run like clockwork - armed 'Mecca fleets' bring spices from Jeddah to Cairo, then overland to Alexandria

Cairo-Alexandria spice caravan takes 10 days - heavily guarded camel trains carry fortunes in pepper, cinnamon, cloves

Cairo spice trade collapses - from 490 tons of pepper annually in 1500 to under 20 tons, Cape route destroys ancient system