GASA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Black Pepper, Anise, Spice Trade
25 Mar 2017
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Next week tutorial test: 1 note sheet per article allowed for quiz. Christopher columbus: ships carried people, the spanish (raged war) to acquire golden silver, sugar plantation of the caribou in the new world, finding a shorter route to india. Old & new world exchanges: diseases such as smallpox were resilient for people of the new world. Impact of asia rice and wheat populated in the new world; sweet potato, maize, corn (moved from americas to asian countries); providing staple crops in china. Impact on asia tomato and chili were new crops from the americas. Impact on global cuisines migration of people and ideas; ingredients in diets; breakfast or protein different forms but ingredients overlap. Spice island indonesia, and india (aiji = chili) Age of discovery route to india: vasco da gama. Egypt: diversity of uses, changes over time? (luxury = cinnamon, cloves, pepper, why were most of them luxuries until recent times? b/c of scarcity.
