In medieval Europe, a small amount of nutmeg was worth more than a large quantity of gold. The monopoly of the Arab trade and the Crusades sparked a rivalry among European nations to find the spice islands, leading to a clash of nations. The island of Banda, where nutmeg grew, became the focal point of their conflicts.
Banda: The Dark Forgotten Trail
The centuries-long struggle between European powers and Arab traders over the valuable commodity nutmeg sparked the Crusade wars and the colonization of spice islands.
