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The Spice Islands and the World's First Global Commodity
Long before nutmeg and cloves flavored European kitchens, the tiny Banda Islands in eastern Indonesia were the sole source of these coveted spices. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how Austronesian sailors first discovered the islands, how the spices were traded across the Indian Ocean via ancient routes, and how Roman elites paid a fortune for a taste of the East. Learn about the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, Ptolemy's geography, and the remarkable voyages that connected the Spice Islands to the markets of Rome. This is a story of risk, monopoly, and the dawn of globalization —…
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