SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Spices help preserve food and mask flavors of spoiled food.
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Spices were not grown in Europe, so they had to be traded with Asian markets.
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Spices were used in making medicine, perfumes, and incense.
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Europeans wanted the power and resulting wealth that would come from controlling trade. Finding all-water routes to Asia and its riches would allow European merchants to cut out Middle Eastern middlemen and reap all the profits of eastern trade.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the Middle Ages, Europeans lacked refrigeration and general hygiene, leading to food spoiling quickly. Spices were so important because they helped mask the flavor of not-so-fresh food.
Detailed explanation-3: -Spices such as cinnamon, cassia, cardamom, ginger, pepper, nutmeg, star anise, clove, and turmeric were known and used in antiquity and traded in the Eastern World. These spices found their way into the Near East before the beginning of the Christian era, with fantastic tales hiding their true sources.
Detailed explanation-4: -India is famous for spices like cardamom, pepper, nutmeg, clove, ginger, etc. right from ancient times. They are in great demand. Thus, spices attracted Europeans to India.