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Herbs and spices were being tremendously prized in the course of the ʿAbbāsid Caliphate (ce 750–1258), and, inside the money town of Baghdad, sumptuous banquets hosted via the caliph were being prepared with herbs and spices to accomplish flavours including sweet, bitter, fragrant, and pungent. In ce 812 Charlemagne issued a decree listing all