The Biography of Spices
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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, flavor 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 flavoring 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 Teacher's guide available.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0778725200
ISBN13:9780778725206
Release Date:October 2005
Publisher:Crabtree Classics
Length:32 Pages
Weight:0.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.1" x 8.3" x 10.8"
Age Range:8 to 11 years
Grade Range:Grades 3 to 6
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