Cinnamon Cities (concept)
The Cinnamon Cities were a coalition of city—states that controlled spice trade throughout the Pirate Coast between the 11th and 13th centuries. Built off the financing and investments of several powerful merchants, as well as Kattupu Jamyras in his construction of the Silver Palace, the Cinnamon Cities would aggressively expand and take control of most spice trade coming through the Pirate Coast. Leveraging hefty bribes and plentiful loans, these cities even surpassed Ufaliracci in wealth. It would not be until the Imperial Civil War when trade dried from the west that the Cities lost control of their vast plantations in the face of Wind-Blade's Rebellion and the Five Captains War.