Answer:
In the Middle Ages, spices that are now ordinary were rare imports from faraway places.
Explanation:
The central idea of the text can be defined by the excerpt above.
The text is explaining the process that Italian merchants had to go through in order to carry a expensive spice (pepper) from Syria to the fairs of Champagne, in France.
This is because spices were a very well-regarded and expensive product that could only be afforded by the wealthy at the time, since shipping methods at the time were primitive (slow ships, camels), raising the cost of these products to levels that would be hard to imagine today.
When seen at night, it is described as a "milky spot in the sky".
This term was coined by Ancient Romans.
Less dense then water its self
The major difference is the language: In Quebec, French is spoken and in Ontario English is Spoken. Unrelated to this, some people report feeling more at ease in Quebec, stressing that it has less strict social rules than Ontario, and that for example alternative lifestyles are more integrated into the mainstream life than in Ontario - but this is a collection of personal testimonies rather than official information
