Spice was considered a rare and valuable commodity in ancient times. Spice trade was first done by land and later done by sea on routes from India to Africa and then up towards Europe. From the 8th to the 15th century, spices were the most expensive and highly demanded product and the trading of spices, incense, and herbs made cities along the Mediterranean Sea very rich. Some of the herbs and other things being traded were used in medicines at that time.
Europeans explorers discovered the American continent by trying to find another route to Africa. In 1492, Christopher Columbus tried to find new trade routes with India by traveling west from Spain. Instead of landing in India like he wanted in first set foot on what today is the Bahamas. Eventually more explorers came to this new land to take the resources and take them back to their countries and to them in trade. Many of us would not be here today if the people of this time did not have such a high value for spices. The spice trade has had a huge impact on all of us.
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