Articles related to "Spice Route"

From the 3rd century BCE until the 2nd century CE great camel caravans made the trip from the southern shores of the Arabian Peninsula to the Mediterranean port of Gaza.

The Nabateans are remembered today for their ingenious water aqueducts and impressive architectural buildings in Petra, Jordan.

You might see herbs and spices as simply the contents of little jars on the shelf, but throughout human history they have played a much bigger role.

It was not only silk and spice that were carried by traders along these trade routes. They put far flung communities in contact - and kept them in touch with one another.

Batmanglij's cookbook combines recipes, culinary history, food anthropology and travel adventure on the millennia old Silk Road from China to Italy.

With a little persuasion, Portugal's most famous explorer was able to convince Spain's King Charles that he was the right explorer to get the spice-route-finding job done

Colonised by the Portuguese, Dutch and the British, Malacca is Malaysia's oldest settlement, founded by an unlikely conflict between a dog anda mouse deer.

Columbus Day is always celebrated on the second Monday in October.

This year's Eat to the Beat a sensational fundraiser for breast cancer and a culinary utopia for everyone's inner good food-lover!

Malacca the name echoes with intrigue and romanceconjuring pictures of ancient privateers plundering Portuguese galleons, the town has a fascinating 600-year history.

The recipe for this lightly spiced dessert comes from South Africa, but shows distinct Dutch influences, both in the ingredients and the name.

Ancient capital of the Nabateans, Petra is a city in modern Jordan. It is renowned for its monuments hewn out of solid rock. It is currently, a World Heritage site

Malacca truly is a picture perfect stress relieving holiday, with appreciation of history and nature, with the cultural experience of a lifetime.

Holiday favorite Pain d'Épices is often translated as "Gingerbread," even though ginger only appears in a few of the many regional recipes.

The United Arab Emirates sits atop the "rhinoceros horn" of the Arabian peninsula. A small prosperous federation of tribal states, the UAE was founded on 2 December 1971.