Impact Of Trade On Early Renaissance

The Renaissance was a time when trade flourished greatly and trade was spread all over the world. Trade reached its peak during the 1400s and 1500’s. Different trade routes connected different places. Merchants were able to trade luxury goods such as silk and spices on these trade routes. There became a difference in rich and poor merchants, causing more ways of trade. International trade impacted the economics of Early Modern Europe by introducing different goods, new ways and techniques of trade, and more job opportunities.

In Early Modern Europe, trade grew greatly, and rapidly. Different merchants and traders from different places made it so that traders could trade for many different things near and far. Merchants came from all over the world. New trade routes were discovered and goods

Luxury goods and regular goods moved across the Mediterranean during the Renaissance. Trade routes helped move raw goods such as grain, wood, and wool. They also helped move pans and hammers. Different metals and valuable minerals also traveled to Europe. These metals and minerals came from Saudi Arabia and Turkey. During the Renaissance, spices were one of the main things that people traded. They were only grown in warm climates so they were hard to find in some places. Spices mainly came from the Far East. The main spices merchants traded were pepper, nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves. People used spices to flavor and preserve food. Spices also were important to different religious ceremonies in Africa. The spice trade created new land and sea routes because of its needs in everyday life. Merchants considered the spices that they traded as luxury goods. During the Renaissance, merchants traded other luxury goods such as silk and perfume. The best luxury goods to trade in Europe were cloth and wood because they had the most profit. More trade routes flourished causing more goods to be