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He who controls the spice controls the universe.

That is a line from Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel Dune.

And while the universe wasn't quite at stake in the late 1400s, the sentiment is pretty spot-on with regards to the view of the economies of Europe. The spice trade was the single

most valuable commodity coming into Europe in the 15th century.

Spices came from the Far East, Asia, China, and of course the famed Spice Islands, the Melukas.

But getting to the Far East was easier said than done. Trade came overland along the famed

Silk Road, or along the coast of the Indian Ocean to Arabia and the Middle East, and then

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