Kegemilangan Perdagangan di Melaka

Abad ke 15 dan awal abad ke 16 M adalah zaman keemasan perdagangan Melaka,pelabuhan dan kepentingan perdagangannya diketahui di merata tempat termasuk di Eropah.Melaka merupakan contoh atau penanda imej antarabangsa dari segi barang dagangan mahupun para pedagang yang terlibat.Sebanyak 84 bahasa yang dipertuturkan di Melaka.4 orang Syahbandar dipertanggungjawabkan mewakili kepentingan pedagang asing.Lebih 2000 pengangkutan laut pelbagai jenis dapat berlabuh di Melaka.Pedagang dari Arab,Parsi,India,China,Ryukyu,Filipina dan Siam berdagang di sini.

Pedagang Arab-Parsi antara lain memasarkan wangian,peralatan dari kaca,permaidani,ubat-ubatan dan sebagainya.Dari China,barangan tembaga,the,sutera dan tembikar diperdagangkan.Pelbagai jenis kain tekatan dan candu dibawa oleh pedagang dari India.Dari Burma,jenis hiasan berharga termasuk permata,batu aked dan lain-lain dipasarkan.Dari Siam beras,arak, dan ikan kering turut dibekalkan.Beras,rempah,cengkih,pala,cendana,emas,kapur barus dan lain-lain adalah hasil keluaran Pulau Jawa,Sumatera,Kepulauan Rempah,dan Brunei.Dari Melaka dan Semenanjung ,timah,gading,rotan dan sebagainya pula dibekalkan.Purata tahunan perdagangan Melaka mencecah 2 juta cruzados,sementara jumlah cukai yang dihasilkan sekitar 50,000 cruzados.Sistem pertukaran barangan dan penggunaan mata wang dilaksanakan.Undang-undang Laut Melaka digubal bagi membantu sistem perdagangan dan perkapalan.

The Prosperity of Melaka Trade

 15 th century and early 16 th century was the golden age of Malacca trade, the port and its trade interests are known in many places, including in Eropah.Melaka an example or markers international image in terms of merchandise or even traders who get involved.A total of 84 languages spoken in Melaka.4 people accountable Syahbandar asing.More than  2000 to represent the interests of the merchant marine transportation of various types can be anchored in Melaka.Pedagang of Arab, Persian, Indian, Chinese, Ryukyu, Philippines and Siam trading here.

Persian-Arabic traders sold perfumes,glasswares,carpets,medicine and other commodities while copper goods,tea,silk and porcelain were brought in from China.Indian merchants brought various embroidered cloth and opium while merchants from Burma traded in jewellery including precious stones,agate and others.The Siamese supplied rice,liquor and dried fish.Rice,spices,clove,nutmeg,sandalwood,gold,camphor and other products were brought in from Java,Sumatera,the ‘Spice Islands’ and Brunei.From Melaka and the Peninsular,tin,ivory,rattan,and the other goods were traded.The average annual volume of trade touched 2 million cruzados while taxes collected amounted to about 50,000 cruzados.Barter trade and monetary transaction were carried out.The Melaka Maritime Laws were promulgated to regulate trade and shipping.

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