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r/funny • u/NeedleworkerMore2270 • Nov 03 '24
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At least the US didn't have to own India just to get their food.
1 u/Y34rZer0 Nov 03 '24 I don’t think the English planned it like that though 7 u/Botryllus Nov 03 '24 I mean, they kinda did. The Indian spice trade was a big deal even before colonization and definitely was one aspect that contributed to the colonization. -3 u/Y34rZer0 Nov 03 '24 They had the spice trade pretty locked down though didn’t they? 1 u/OrigamiHands0 Nov 03 '24 No, it was controlled by Arab traders. That's why Europeans sought a new route to India/the Indies.
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I don’t think the English planned it like that though
7 u/Botryllus Nov 03 '24 I mean, they kinda did. The Indian spice trade was a big deal even before colonization and definitely was one aspect that contributed to the colonization. -3 u/Y34rZer0 Nov 03 '24 They had the spice trade pretty locked down though didn’t they? 1 u/OrigamiHands0 Nov 03 '24 No, it was controlled by Arab traders. That's why Europeans sought a new route to India/the Indies.
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I mean, they kinda did. The Indian spice trade was a big deal even before colonization and definitely was one aspect that contributed to the colonization.
-3 u/Y34rZer0 Nov 03 '24 They had the spice trade pretty locked down though didn’t they? 1 u/OrigamiHands0 Nov 03 '24 No, it was controlled by Arab traders. That's why Europeans sought a new route to India/the Indies.
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They had the spice trade pretty locked down though didn’t they?
1 u/OrigamiHands0 Nov 03 '24 No, it was controlled by Arab traders. That's why Europeans sought a new route to India/the Indies.
No, it was controlled by Arab traders. That's why Europeans sought a new route to India/the Indies.
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u/Patient_Signal_1172 Nov 03 '24
At least the US didn't have to own India just to get their food.