Ai Island

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Ai Island is a small, historically significant island in Indonesia’s Maluku province, once central to the global nutmeg trade as part of the Banda Islands.

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Label Occurrences
Ai Island canonical 3

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Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical place ⓘ
island ⓘ
archipelago Banda Islands ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
colonialPower Dutch Republic ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
conflictRelatedTo Dutch–English rivalry over the spice trade ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
countryDuringColonialPeriod Dutch East Indies ⓘ
currentUse heritage and historical tourism ⓘ
local fishing ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
hasLanguage Indonesian ⓘ
hasReligion Islam ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Exploration ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
historicalRole center of global nutmeg trade ⓘ
part of early modern spice trade network ⓘ
knownFor nutmeg plantations ⓘ
role in colonial spice monopoly ⓘ
locatedIn Banda Islands ⓘ
Banda Sea ⓘ
Maluku Province ⓘ
linked to: Maluku province

Southeast Asia ⓘ
ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Maluku Islands ⓘ
Republic of Indonesia ⓘ
linked to: Indonesia

Spice Islands ⓘ
region Eastern Indonesia ⓘ
linked to: eastern Indonesia
sea Banda Sea ⓘ
significance major producer of nutmeg ⓘ
strategic trading post in the Banda Islands ⓘ
timeZone UTC+9 ⓘ
tradedCommodity mace ⓘ
nutmeg ⓘ

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