What is Spices, uses, Spice Route, early history.pdf

Some info about spices.

1. What is Spices
Defination:
A spice is any seed, fruit, root, bark, or other
plant substance in a form primarily used for
flavoring or coloring food.

2. Spice Route
The Spice Routes, also known as
Maritime Silk Roads, is the name given
to the network of sea routes that link
the East with the West.
Why isit know as Spice Route?
The most profitable goods they traded in were spices
The word “spice” is derived from the Latin word species
that means specific kind, and later, goods or
merchandise