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On the 8th day of Christmas: Meet Mercan, the spice trader from Arabia

Posted on December 19, 2011 by lizcameron

So, we move from yesterday’s introduction to Zenne, the former dancing girl now in love with her fragrant herbal garden, to an introduction to Mercan Bey (pronounced mehr-jahn bey), a spice trader from the Arabian peninsula. Now, I only became … Continue reading →

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