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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