The Biography of Spices (How Did That Get Here?)

The Biography of Spices (How Did That Get Here?)
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This work is for ages 8-14. Empires were made from the growth and sale of spices and the age of discovery was launched in pursuit of them. Exciting text and historic images explain to children how spices were used to cure the sick, flavour foods, and make perfume. Other topics include: What is a commodity?; What is a spice?; where spices originated and where they are grown today; how different spices are harvested, manufactured, and processed; the historical and modern spice trades; ancient peoples and how they used spices, from flavouring and preserving their foods, to the mummification of bodies!; how the Crusades changed European tastes; how the spice trade encouraged explorers and colonies; slavery and the spice trade.
Country USA
Brand Crabtree Publishing Company
Manufacturer Crabtree Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber part_0778725200
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780778725206
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Crabtree Publishing Company
Manufacturer	Crabtree Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	part_0778725200
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780778725206
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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