The Biography of Spices - Couverture rigide

Rodger, Ellen

 
9780778724841: The Biography of Spices
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0778724840 ISBN 13 : 9780778724841
Editeur : Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada, 2006

Synopsis

Empires were made from the growth and sale of spices and the age of discovery was launched in pursuit of them. Exciting text and historic images explain to children how spices were used to cure the sick, flavor foods, and make perfume. Other topics include - What is a commodity? - What is a spice? - where spices originated and where they are grown today - how different spices are harvested, manufactured, and processed - the historical and modern spice trades - ancient peoples and how they used spices, from flavoring and preserving their foods, to the mummification of bodies! - how the Crusades changed European tastes - how the spice trade encouraged explorers and colonies - slavery and the spice trade Teacher's guide available.

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Éditeur
Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0778724840
ISBN 13 
9780778724841
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
32
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  0778725200 ISBN 13 :  9780778725206
Editeur : Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada, 2005
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