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Revision as of 08:17, 5 May 2021
"Cardamom, Spice of Spices" is a short essay by Karl Jones.
Cardamom, Spice of Spices
Cardamom, Spice of Spices!
I wish I were on an Arab dhow full of cardamom right now, headed for Genoa (circa 1489).
As it happens, I am enslaved aboard the dhow.
But it's okay, I will be traded for two bales of fine wool, so at least I will have a Christian master again.
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