Day 184 of 365
July 3
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History The Spice Trade
Spices were once worth more than gold. The quest for spices drove European exploration, leading to Columbus discovering America while searching for a western route to India. The spice trade shaped empires, funded wars, and connected distant civilizations for millennia.
Did you know?
Nutmeg was so valuable that the Dutch traded Manhattan to the British for a nutmeg-producing island!
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