AM 678 - AN OVERVIEW

Herbs and spices were being greatly prized throughout the ʿAbbāsid Caliphate (ce 750–1258), and, while in the money city of Baghdad, sumptuous banquets hosted by the caliph were being prepared with herbs and spices to achieve flavours like sweet, sour, fragrant, and pungent. In ce 812 Charlemagne issued a decree listing each of the herbs and ot