Events Tagged: "Portugal"

Aljustrel bronze tablets - detailed mining laws found in Portugal, regulate everything from bath house hours to ore theft penalties

Spain and Portugal divide world for spice trade - Treaty of Tordesillas splits globe, all for control of spice routes

Vasco da Gama reaches Kerala spice markets - breaks Arab-Venetian monopoly, pepper prices drop 90% in Lisbon

Portugal captures Malacca - controls strategic strait, dominates Asian spice trade for century