Spices allowed many Europeans to have more time on doing other things then shopping in the market. Spices allowed food to be kept longer, and so Europeans didn't have to shop as much. They also gave flavor to food that were usually bland
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Answer: it's A or B
Explanation: the rest don't make any sense
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Island hopping is the U.S. strategy against Japan in ww2. By taking important Pacific islands and building military bases on those islands, the U.S. slowly advanced towards mainland Japan and prepared for invasion.