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Franquincenso = incenso franco (frank, as for real, in the case), or Olíbano, from the Arab 'al ubán' (the milk), with reference to the milky sap that comes out of the olíbano when cut. In fact an aromatic resin largely used in the making of parfums and incense; obtained from African and Asian trees from the Boswellia family.
Olíbano was one of the three presents brought by the three Kings from the Orient to the birth of Jesus.
Actually the appearance of Christianity empoverished the market of olíbano by the IV century; the desertification made the routes of caravans that crossed the Rub' al-Khali become more risky and the increment of incursions by the Nomads from the Next Orient contributed for the end of its trade by the year 300.
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