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The history of the Pops of Rome and Christianity reaches into nearly every aspect of history.

In the history of the Papacy podcast, we step over the rope. We dive into discover more

about the people events and background that define the influence of the Pops of Rome

and church not only on the West, but the world. To start listening now, go to ParthenonPodcast.com

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Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast. The unscripted show that celebrates unsung heroes,

Mythbusts Historical Lies and rediscover the forgotten stories that changed our world.

I'm your host, Scott Rank.

Hello, everyone. Welcome to one of these in-between episodes where I answer any question about

history that you have for me. Today's question comes from Jaime Martinez-Bonus.

Jaime asks, can you tell me about the importance of the spice tray? I would love to. Here's

why. I am barely exaggerating when I say that modern civilization exists because of spices.

Spices, we can barely understand how important they were to late medieval and early modern

society. In the 1400s, the right spice, nutmeg, cloves, was Ferrari. It was high-end medicine.

It was a way to flash your wealth. It was cutting edge medical research. It was all these

things wrapped into one. Spices were used for flavoring food, making perfume,

embombing the dead, preserving meat, and sprucing up salve recipes in traditional medicine.

These include things like peppercorn, clove, cinnamon, and other things like that.

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