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==History==

Black pepper is native to [[South Asia]] and Southeast Asia, and has been known to [[Indian cuisine|Indian cooking]] since at least 2000 BCE. J. Innes Miller notes that while pepper was grown in southern [[Thailand]] and in [[Malaysia]],~~{{when|date=February 2020}}~~ its most important source was India, particularly the [[Malabar Coast]], in what is now the state of [[Kerala]]. The lost ancient port city of [[Muziris]] of the [[Chera Dynasty]], famous for exporting black pepper and various other spices, is mentioned in a number of classical historical sources for its trade with the [[Roman Empire]], [[Egypt]], [[Mesopotamia]], [[Levant]], and [[Yemen]]. Peppercorns were a much-prized trade good, often referred to as "black gold" and used as a form of [[commodity money]]. The legacy of this trade remains in some Western legal systems that recognize the term "[[peppercorn rent]]" as a token payment for something that is, essentially, a gift.

Black pepper is native to [[South Asia]] and Southeast Asia, and has been known to [[Indian cuisine|Indian cooking]] since at least 2000 BCE. J. Innes Miller notes that while pepper was grown in southern [[Thailand]] and in [[Malaysia]], its most important source was India, particularly the [[Malabar Coast]], in what is now the state of [[Kerala]]. The lost ancient port city of [[Muziris]] of the [[Chera Dynasty]], famous for exporting black pepper and various other spices, is mentioned in a number of classical historical sources for its trade with the [[Roman Empire]], [[Egypt]], [[Mesopotamia]], [[Levant]], and [[Yemen]]. Peppercorns were a much-prized trade good, often referred to as "black gold" and used as a form of [[commodity money]]. The legacy of this trade remains in some Western legal systems that recognize the term "[[peppercorn rent]]" as a token payment for something that is, essentially, a gift.

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 ==History==
-Black pepper is native to [[South Asia]] and Southeast Asia, and has been known to [[Indian cuisine|Indian cooking]] since at least 2000 BCE. J. Innes Miller notes that while pepper was grown in southern [[Thailand]] and in [[Malaysia]],{{when|date=February 2020}} its most important source was India, particularly the [[Malabar Coast]], in what is now the state of [[Kerala]]. The lost ancient port city of [[Muziris]] of the [[Chera Dynasty]], famous for exporting black pepper and various other spices, is mentioned in a number of classical historical sources for its trade with the [[Roman Empire]], [[Egypt]], [[Mesopotamia]], [[Levant]], and [[Yemen]]. Peppercorns were a much-prized trade good, often referred to as "black gold" and used as a form of [[commodity money]]. The legacy of this trade remains in some Western legal systems that recognize the term "[[peppercorn rent]]" as a token payment for something that is, essentially, a gift.
+Black pepper is native to [[South Asia]] and Southeast Asia, and has been known to [[Indian cuisine|Indian cooking]] since at least 2000 BCE. J. Innes Miller notes that while pepper was grown in southern [[Thailand]] and in [[Malaysia]], its most important source was India, particularly the [[Malabar Coast]], in what is now the state of [[Kerala]]. The lost ancient port city of [[Muziris]] of the [[Chera Dynasty]], famous for exporting black pepper and various other spices, is mentioned in a number of classical historical sources for its trade with the [[Roman Empire]], [[Egypt]], [[Mesopotamia]], [[Levant]], and [[Yemen]]. Peppercorns were a much-prized trade good, often referred to as "black gold" and used as a form of [[commodity money]]. The legacy of this trade remains in some Western legal systems that recognize the term "[[peppercorn rent]]" as a token payment for something that is, essentially, a gift.
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