Arabians make spices and shift global history
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Spices have played a crucial role in history. Arabians produced frankincense and myrrh that could not be found in other places, and organized camels into a trade route that became a wide network. Spices were so coveted by European traders that some of them accidentally made great geographical discoveries during the Age of Discovery.

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