13 events with tag "monopoly"
195 BC
ID: 5324
Rome reorganizes Spanish mining - establishes state monopoly, mines produce 25,000 drachmas daily according to Polybius
ID: 5324
130 BC
ID: 5396
Arverni control wine trade - most powerful Gallic tribe, King Bituitus displays wealth with silver wine vessels
ID: 5396
650
ID: 5736
Arabs establish spice trade monopoly - control Indian Ocean routes, keep sources secret from Europeans for 800 years
ID: 5736
1000
ID: 5737
Banda Islands only source of nutmeg in world - tiny islands control global nutmeg supply, worth more than gold
ID: 5737
1082
ID: 5738
Venice gains Byzantine spice monopoly - controls European pepper distribution, one pound costs month's wages for laborer
ID: 5738
1100
ID: 5759
Karimi merchants dominate Cairo spice trade - mysterious guild controls Red Sea-Mediterranean transshipment, immense wealth
ID: 5759
1250
ID: 5762
Mamluk-Venetian monopoly formalized - Mamluks control Red Sea arrival, Venice gets exclusive European distribution rights
ID: 5762
1291
ID: 5122
Glassmakers confined to Murano - all glass furnaces moved to island to prevent fires and preserve trade secrets
ID: 5122
1400
ID: 5741
Venetian spice markup reaches 4000% - nutmeg bought for 1 ducat in Alexandria sold for 40+ ducats in Europe
ID: 5741
1600
ID: 2197
English East India Company chartered - monopoly on Asian trade with joint-stock structure and governor-and-company organization
ID: 2197
1612
ID: 2206
Case of Monopolies - void restraints of trade at common law, foundation of antitrust principles
ID: 2206
1621
ID: 5749
Dutch commit genocide in Banda Islands - kill or enslave 14,000 of 15,000 inhabitants to control nutmeg monopoly
ID: 5749
1700
ID: 5698
Mexico maintains vanilla monopoly - only place where natural pollinators (Melipona bees) exist
ID: 5698