Spice — From the Ancient World to Dune

Spice — From the Ancient World to Dune

Long before the Space Guild was pillaging Dune for Spice, the Spanish, British, and Portuguese Empires were sailing the world in search of saffron, nutmeg, Frankincense, and other precious and hallucinogenic substances. Michael T. Klare investigates the history of the Late Medieval period’s “Spice Trade” that inspired Frank Herbert’s science fiction universe.