Spice trade
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The spice trade involved historical civilizations in Asia, Northeast Africa and Europe. Spices, such as cinnamon, cassia, cardamom, ginger, pepper, nutmeg, star anise, clove, and turmeric, were known
The Silk Road (red) and spice trade routes (blue).
The spice trade from India attracted the attention of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, and subsequently the Roman Empire.
Spice Bazaar used for the spice trade during the Ottoman Empire in Istanbul
Image of Calicut, India from Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg's atlas Civitates orbis terrarum, 1572.
Nutmeg
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Nutmeg is the seed, or the ground spice derived from the seed, of several tree species of the genus Myristica; fragrant nutmeg or true nutmeg is a dark-leaved evergreen tree cultivated for two spices
Spice trade
…The spice trade involved historical civilizations in Asia, Northeast Africa and Europe. Spices, such as cinnamon, cassia, cardamom, ginger, pepper, nutmeg, star anise, clove, and turmeric, were known and used in antiquity and traded in the Eastern World. These spices found their way into the Near East…
Nutmeg
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Nutmeg tree (Myristica fragrans).
Nutmeg fruit