Spices Trade and Social-Political Conflict at Molucca in the Literature

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10.2991/assehr.k.220408.105How to use a DOI?

Keywords

spice trade; social conflict; literature; Islamic kingdom; Moluccas islands

Abstract

In the sixteenth century trades on spices were a favorite trading activity. The spice trade became an important aspect of the economy in several Islamic kingdoms based in Malacca. The Islamic kingdoms, among them were Aceh, Banten, Banjar, Ternate, Tidore, Ambon, and Hitu. They contributed greatly to the trade because the trade from Aceh into Malacca considerably lucrative. The fall of Malacca after being attacked from Portuguese in the beginning of the century changed the route of the spice trade to the East, to Molucca: Ternate and Ambon. This international trade involved Portuguese, English, Dutch, Indian, and Japan. Several track records of these international trades were kept in the literary works such as Hikayat Tanah Hitu, Ikan-Ikan Hiu Idohoma, and old documents which recorded the communication between ruler of Molucca and the Dutch colonial. This research was intended to see the social conflict as a result of the interaction in the spice trade roads. How the spices trade affected to the social-political conflict among nations in Molucca represented in literary works. This research will be conducted by qualitative method with sociology of literature approach. This research found that the social conflict among rulers of Molucca caused by the competition among nations in the spices trade. The tense of that clash impacted on the life of the people and the kingdoms of Molucca that had no longer power to control the trade and production of the spices.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Mu’jizah Mu’jizah
AU  - Mamlahatun Buduroh
AU  - Dina Susamto
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/27
TI  - Spices Trade and Social-Political Conflict at Molucca in the Literature
BT  - Proceedings of the 9th Asbam International Conference (Archeology, History, & Culture In The Nature of Malay) (ASBAM 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 753
EP  - 759
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220408.105
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220408.105
ID  - Mu’jizah2022
ER  -