USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Seasonings such as cinnamon, cassia, cardamom, ginger, and turmeric were important items of commerce in the earliest evolution of trade.

Detailed explanation-2: -For centuries India was the nexus of international trade by land and by sea. The valuable commodities exported from India included botanicals used as medicine, spices, dyes, unguents for rituals and worship and perfumes and cosmetics, as well as manufactured goods like dyed cottons and artificially colored stones.

Detailed explanation-3: -Black pepper first arrived in Europe from its native southeast Asia over 3, 000 years ago and has been cultivated and traded between empires, countries and companies ever since. It’s used in kitchens across the world, in a huge range of savoury and sweet dishes and is still the world’s most traded spice.

Detailed explanation-4: -During 2021-22, the single largest spice exported from India was chilli followed by spice oils and oleoresins, mint products, cumin and turmeric.

Detailed explanation-5: -The result was a lasting change to people’s diets in Europe, which became a lot less bland and monotonous. But more importantly, spices became another way to define what it meant to be wealthy and powerful. This came with a profound social, emotional and economic impact in Europe, says Van Der Veen.