Sentences with phrase «spice trade it spread»

Through the spice trade it spread around the world, and various cultures have since discovered the health benefits for themselves.

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Thanks to its easy adaptability to different climates, it started spreading throughout Europe first, was then brought East with the spice trade routes, and later traveled to North America with British settlers in early colonial times.

Holy War by Nigel Cliff tells the story of Vasco da Gama's many sea journeys in the service of Portugal's rulers, who wanted not only to spread Christianity across the globe but to take over the spice trade from India to Europe, previously dominated by Muslim Arabs.