This is book about the history of spice. The history of spice isn't long as other things as paper, pen, ore gunpowder, but it is one of the most important thing that had ever been discover by human. Without spice, our food won't be as tasty as now. Without spice, our room won't smell good as now. Without spice, our life style will be different than today. Spices was used differently in ancient time. In Egypt spices was used to store corpses. In America spice was used to cook. In Asia spice was used to change the smell of clothing and building. Spices made wines tasty, change the smell of corpses, and also used as medicines. Spice connect the continents together. Trade through the silk roads from Asia to Europe and Africa. After Columbus discover the new world, spices became as worth as gold in Europe. Spices tBring out many history over the word, it is one of the few times that human desire influence history of the world. "Spice is an erudite and engaging account of how foodstuffs can change the flow of history."- The New York Times Book Review