IN the fifth century BC, the Greek historian Herodotus recorded the emergence of Western curiosity about the origin of spices. However, Arab traders who at that time brokered the spice trade in Europe managed to hide the origins of the spices.  

In The Spice Route by Jhon Keay, it is mentioned that when Arabs were asked about the origin of spices, they only answered that cinnamon, one type of spice, came from a bird's nest. It was the birds that brought the pieces of cinnamon and made them part of the nest. Where did the birds find cinnamon? Only the birds know.

The price of spices at that time was so high that every information regarding it had to be kept secret.  

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