Silk Road
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The story of the Kabob was born over two thousand years ago. It begins on the Silk Road, the ancient trade and communication route stretching from China through to Rome, an amalgamation of many interconnecting routes from East to West. Not only were goods and wares exchanged, but religions, beliefs, cultures, customs, languages and most important to our philosophy, foods.
Extending over 4,000 miles, the routes enabled people to transport trade goods, especially luxuries such as slaves, silk, satins and other fine fabrics, musk, other perfumes, spices and medicines, jewels, glassware and even rhubarb, while simultaneously serving as a conduit for the spread of knowledge, ideas, cultures, and diseases[2] between different parts of the world (China, India, Asia Minor and the Mediterranean). Trade on the Silk Road was a significant factor in the development of the great civilizations of China, India, Egypt, Persia, Arabia, and Rome, and in several respects helped lay the foundations for the modern world.
The food found on the Silk Road is a wide assortment of dishes, of diverse flavours and cultural blends. The kabob is a perfect example of this process - reflecting geography, cultures and different ethnic backgrounds. Throughout the Silk Road, the kabob on a skewer, is evident, from the Far East through central Asia, from the Middle-East to the Mediterranean
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