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The incense trade catalyzed the birth of Islam, whose military, spiritual, and commercial impacts transformed medieval Asia, Europe, and Africa. Riding on a rising tide of global trade along the land and sea routes of Asia, Islam came to dominate that continent's spiritual as well as its commercial life.
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― A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
― A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
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Braziers blaze, and the sky is thick with sea spray and incense. The ground beneath us is moon-blooming phlox.
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― The Queen of Nothing
― The Queen of Nothing
