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Neha Vermani
Spilling the beans: The Islamic history of coffee
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Spilling the beans: The Islamic history of coffee
Before there were Starbucks and the quirky coffeeshops masquerading as cozy work corners for many of us, there was the mid-17th century coffeeshop boom in England. During the 1600s, the general conversation about coffee nodded to its status as the…
The turkey’s journey from the Atlantic to the early modern Islamic world
Shakespeare and Beyond
The turkey’s journey from the Atlantic to the early modern Islamic world
Follow the turkey on its fascinating journey from America to Europe to the Mughal and Ottoman empires, through early modern trade networks.