Indonesia History: The Dutch Influence On Indonesian History

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The Dutch influence on Indonesian History A bag of nutmeg back in the colonization era could buy you a house in downtown London. Nutmeg was a very well known and expensive kind of spice back then in Indonesia, voyagers from other countries would sail across the world to get a bag of it (Legacy of the Dutch). The price of nutmeg was approximately 119 rupees, or in Indonesian, rupiah, it would be 24,000 rupiah (the Dutch east India company and economy of Bengal). Nutmeg was a spice that was very valuable to the Dutch back then and also to Indonesia. Spices were very valuable in the colonization era back then, one of the most valuable spices were nutmeg, nutmeg is a spice that was used as sickness remedies for certain kinds of sicknesses such as colds and fevers. Nutmeg was believed to be used for curing headaches, fever, and even bad breath, nutmeg could be used for cooking and was believed to be able to cure plagues, during those times, nutmeg was considered very expensive, one bag of nutmeg was enough to provide someone with enough …show more content…

Nutmeg was a very valuable spice or commodity, it was a national treasure in Indonesia, the Dutch, and voyagers around the world found out about these spices through globalization trades, and because of this, Indonesia was very famous, people would go there to seek the spices (Legacy of the Dutch). During the colonial period of dominance of the Dutch, people aimed for the nutmeg, because not only was it expensive, but it was a medicine that could help you recover from pain, and sickness (what is nutmeg good for?). When voyagers obtained even one clove of Nutmeg, it was like a dream come true, because it was so valuable and rare to even get one clove, and some voyagers managed to get a whole bag. Nutmeg was a very useful and valuable commodity, because it was a cold, cough, pain remedy that could cure and costs thousands back

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