How the spice routes led to the emergence of world trade. Noble spices that changed the world. A richly illustrated reading pleasure from an award-winning non-fiction author.

Spices are essentially among the most common things there are. Yet, they have become some of the most traded goods: they have significantly contributed to global trade and economic globalization, played an important role in colonialism, and turned out to be the financial backbone of entire empires. They have sparked cultural developments and continue to influence our lives, even in our cooking pots. Thomas Reinertsen Berg traces the trade routes of spices to the farthest corners of the earth and tells their unknown and remarkable stories.