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The Spice Islands and the First Global Commodity Crisis
Before nutmeg and cloves became kitchen staples, they were the most valuable commodities on earth — worth more than gold, fought over by empires, and the cause of a mysterious crisis that reshaped trade in the Indian Ocean. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the forgotten story of the Banda Islands, the tiny volcanic specks in eastern Indonesia that produced the world's only supply of nutmeg and mace for centuries. They trace how Austronesian sailors first carried these spices to distant ports, how Indian and Chinese merchants built a secretive trade network around them, and how the…
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