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Cumin, camels, and caravans, a spice odyssey, Gary Paul Nabhan

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Cumin, camels, and caravans, a spice odyssey, Gary Paul Nabhan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-292) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Cumin, camels, and caravans

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Responsibility statement

Gary Paul Nabhan

Series statement

California studies in food and culture, 45

Sub title

a spice odyssey

Table Of Contents

Aromas emanating from the driest of places -- Caravans leaving Arabia Felix -- Uncovering hidden outposts in the desert -- Omanis rocking the cradle of civilization -- Mecca and the migrations of Muslim and Jewish traders -- Going east: merging the spice routes with the Silk Roads -- Selling your wares where the sun goes down -- Building bridges between continents and cultures -- From China to Africa: a steady stream of spice traders -- The beginning of the end: Vasco da Gama and the dubious age of discovery -- The drawbridge across the Eastern ocean

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Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey

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