Understanding Historical Texts - Quiz - Level E
diamonds, rubies, and other
just because of their
these gems are found only in
makes them rare and hard
m't the only items that were
vor our food may not seem
h century B.C.E, spices were
on and nutmeg could only be
onths, or even years, to travel
sea. People were willing to
cspices. Merchants traveled
coast of northern Africa to
What happened as a result of
silphium being so popular? Fill in
the blanks.
People who cooked
silphium
became very wealthy. But soon people
wanted more silphium than merchants
could farm
plant was to find
The harder the
▼, the more
valuable and expensive it became,
until there was none left to buy.
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