15th century, 1400s, Muvhal Empire did not exist. It's possible there was centuries-long trade between Vikings and Arabs that stopped at the Horn of Africa, be

15th century, 1400s, Muvhal Empire did not exist. It's possible there was centuries-long trade between Vikings and Arabs that stopped at the Horn of Africa, because Arabs kept the route to India, Malacca and the Moluccas a mostly well-guarded secret against Europeans. That being said, it's possible for the Scandinavians to have indirectly acquired these spices from the Arabs, because the Arabs certainly resold a lot of them from the Vijayanagara Empire and the Srivijiya Sultanate (both which existed around that time). But the lack of any outposts or major presence like the Arabs did, means that the Europeans did not have direct access to Greater Asia (India, China, SEA) until the Portuguese opened up the routes. As you can expect, the number of middlemen involved meant that the prices commanded by these goods was extremely high. Edit:- Denmark had an outpost in Tuticorin (Southern India) much later though