Historia de las especias

Spices have greatly influenced the dominance of the Ancient World. However, their importance is not usually emphasized either in manuals or history books, or in Antiquity, or in the Middle Ages, perhaps because there is little archaeological evidence of their consumption, since they were transported in sacks and dissolved. in edible solids and various liquids. However, they have defined a good part of the commercial flows of the Middle Ages, promoted the discovery of new worlds, promoted the creation of the first multinational companies and provoked multiple confrontations for the monopoly of their trade, for which spices such as pepper, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves have been determining factors in much of the history of mankind. You have in your hands the definitive work where you will be able to know the evolution of oriental trade in Antiquity and the Middle Ages, with special attention to the conquests of Alexander, the tolls of the land routes, the struggles of Rome against the Parthians, the direct relations between the Roman Empire and the Indian subcontinent, the subsequent mediating role of the kingdom of Aksum, the collapse of Roman imperial structures, urban continuity, Islamic conquests, and the European reaction to the Crusades, all processes in which the trade in spices have played a leading role.