Spices are used quite commonly in Moroccan cooking and so are plentiful. Additionally, spices are used to disguise less desirable scents.
Spices were desirable to the wealthy because it gave them a chance to show off their wealth by adding new exotic flavors to food. Spices were imported from other countries and quite expensive so the low class did nit have much access to them.
This was because the food in Europe was bland tasting. Spices added enrichment to European lives. Salt was also used as a natural preservative, keeping food from spoiling.
Spices in the middle ages were expensive because the spices were carried overland and took years to reach Europe. After the crusades, the Arabs did not allow spices to reach Europe.
i think because they were goin across seas to trade gold and spices
so he could bring back gold and spices to Europe
Many Arabs engaged in merchantry and as spices were very desirable in Europe, the Arabs staked a position as middle-men trafficking the spices from India to the Mediterranean. The Hindu numbers made the tallying of contents significantly easier than the Roman system of counting and so the Arabs copied it.
So they can find a route to East Asia,where they could buy spices for cheap,and from the spices they would earn alot of money.
They came a long way and passed through many hands
She moved so elegantly that she was desirable to dance with.
Because they were so hard to get. It took months to get from Asia to Europe, and many sailors died along the way. NovaNet: They came a long way and passed through many hands.
The European Union is the largest economy in the world with a GDP of $18,500,000,000,000 (America's is about $14 000 000 000 000). so is Europe wealthy? of course it is, and it will only get richer as countries like Poland and Romania become more productive.