Christ claimed that gods were drinking sesame wine at gathering held just before they made the earth. From the Hieroglyphyics on the walls of the pyramids, to the scriptures of the Bible, we find constant mention of the important part spices played in the lives of the ancients. For centuries,since 950B.C or earlier, the Arabs were the masters of the trade. In the old testament of the Bible, it is recorded “ the tradres of Sheba and Roamah traded the best kind of spices for the wares and all kind of precious stones and gold” Archeaologists estimate that by 50,000B.C. primitive man had discovered that certain aromatic plants make food taste better, so men used some aromatic leaves to wrap the meat and thick roots, buried in the hot pits to be cooked , this not only helped it free of grit and ashes but found that the leaves had given new taste to the meal, thus mankind discovered the art of seasoning . The amazing prestige of spices came to the lime light , a dash of pepper, a little cinnamon or ginger, mixed with even the coarsest dishes could make them palatable and also used for the storage of food and fodder. The spices were so costly that only wealthy people could afford it, the seasoned delicacies were served at Roman banquets, medicines required great quantities of spices and herbs, bay leaves were woven into the crowns for the OLYMPIC heroes, Spice scented balms were used after baths, spice flavored wines were popular, incense made of spice was burned in the temples. The rich merchandise of the East, plodded with caravans bearing spices driven by camels along the routes of Indian coast and the Orient to the spice market in Nineveh, Babylon, Cartilage, Alexandria and Rome. Spices like pepper and cloves were bought from India, cinnamon and nutmeg from
spice Island, ginger collected from China. Later on for centuries ship sailed along the India Coast past the pirate filled PersianGulf along the coast of S.Arabia and through RedSea to Eygpt. Those were the typical ways of bringing spices from the Orient to the western world in ancient times. Shipwreck and storms brought large losses, there were constant robberies, but were out weighed by the eventual profit, for spices were in great demand during highly developed Greek and Roman Era. Write your abstract here.
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