The 5km circular trail leads to the 2, 000-year-old ruins of the Saharonim Stronghold, an ancient station on the Nabataean Spice Route.

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At one point, the Spice Route stretched from India to Rome, passing through Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Ethiopia and what was then Judea.

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The style of food in the Gaza Strip owes much to its port, which was on the ancient spice route linking south Arabia and the Mediterranean.

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The spice route and spice trade was very important to this region, and no other geography can claim that it is rich in pepper with 90% of the production coming from the Asian region.

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