• Drawn in large part by a desire for spices, people have been trading in the area since the dawn of the first millennium. As sailing technology improved, trade increased, but it wasn’t until the arrival of a homeless King in 1402 that Malacca would become a wealthy, cosmopolitan entrepôt.

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