1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
antoniya [11.8K]
3 years ago
15

What was Europe’s most desired Indian spice and where did it come from?

History
1 answer:
brilliants [131]3 years ago
5 0

One of the most desired spices, undoubtedly is cinnamon, because it has specific properties,such as preservative, particularly to preserve meat due to its antibacterial characteristic, another reason for being used by physicians to treat cough and sore throats among others.

It comes from Sri Lanka, before called Ceylon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum). Spices were so expensive, that this inspired Cristopher Columbus to find an alternative route to India to obtain them, because this would be a cheaper enterprise than buying them from middlemen and European monopolies.    

You might be interested in
Why was Georgia founded
aleksandr82 [10.1K]

James Edward Oglethorpe, a philanthropist and an English general, along with twenty-one other men, created a charter to settle a new colony which they named Georgia in honor of King George II. The grant established land between the Savannah and Altamaha rivers as well as the waters of these rivers.

3 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Why did european imperalism in africa take place
bekas [8.4K]
Do you have a pic?  I don't really understand!
3 0
3 years ago
What are two cultural changes that the Spanish forced on native Latin America’s
navik [9.2K]
Language (Spanish) and they forced brutal rule which also included a bit of slavery
6 0
3 years ago
The Declaration of Sentiments helped launch which reform movement? A. Civil rights B. Prison reform C. Settlement houses D. Temp
amid [387]

The correct answer is E. Women's Rights.

The Declaration of Sentiments is better known as the document coming out of the Seneca Falls Convention and marks the beginning, really, of an organized women's rights movement.

7 0
3 years ago
What do these headlines say about how the Supreme Court has addressed the principle of equality on which the United States was f
Dmitry_Shevchenko [17]
B is disqualified so my honest opinion is c
5 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • Prinsipals of American Democracy 8th grade
    13·1 answer
  • What two countries developed a strong trading relationship during the time of the Renaissance.
    8·1 answer
  • What was least affected by the great depression country?
    6·1 answer
  • Which describes the Holocaust? Question 1 options: The murder of millions of European Jews during WWII. The destruction of all E
    8·1 answer
  • What has been one major achievement of the United Nations since its founding? Why was an international organization like the UN
    13·1 answer
  • Why are political parties inevitable in a democracy?
    5·1 answer
  • What did Stalin do to make it appear that he and Lenin were very close?
    6·1 answer
  • What effect resulted from decolonization? Sort each effect into the correct category
    10·2 answers
  • Which of these was the site of a major naval battle?
    7·2 answers
  • How did politics impact the golden age?
    14·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!