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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Ai Island canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical place
island
archipelago Banda Islands NERFINISHED
climate tropical
colonialPower Dutch Republic NERFINISHED
Netherlands NERFINISHED
Portugal NERFINISHED
conflictRelatedTo Dutch–English rivalry over the spice trade
country Indonesia
countryDuringColonialPeriod Dutch East Indies NERFINISHED
currentUse heritage and historical tourism
local fishing
small-scale agriculture
hasLanguage Indonesian
hasReligion Islam
historicalEra Age of Exploration NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Banda Sea NERFINISHED
Maluku Province NERFINISHED
Southeast Asia
ocean Pacific Ocean
partOf Maluku Islands NERFINISHED
Republic of Indonesia NERFINISHED
Spice Islands NERFINISHED
region Eastern Indonesia NERFINISHED
sea Banda Sea NERFINISHED
significance major producer of nutmeg
strategic trading post in the Banda Islands
timeZone UTC+9
tradedCommodity mace
nutmeg

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Banda Islands hasIsland Ai Island