Was not the spice route they traveled more important in the flow of ideas than the fabled silk road through central Asia?

难道传播理念的香料之路不比穿越中亚的丝绸之路影响更大吗？

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However, he subsequently obtained Spanish nationality in order to serve the Spanish Crown, so that he could try to find a westward route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia.

不过，他后来获得西班牙国籍，以便为西班牙王室服务，从而帮助他完成向西到达印度尼西亚香料群岛的旅行。

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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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