What is the central idea of the passage?The Italian merchants sometimes sailed across the
Mediterranean Sea to Syria, where they could buy black
pepper that had been grown on the southwest coast of
India. The tiny dried black peppercorns were the perfect
item to trade, because the small ships of the time could
carry enough to make a nice profit. From India the
pepper was shipped across to Arabia, where camel
caravans would carry it all the way to Syria. The Italians
could purchase enough pepper in Syria to carry with
them to the next Champagne fair. Every count whose
cook added the bite of costly black pepper to his food
knew he was getting a taste of far distant lands. As late as
1300, Jean de Joieville, a French writer who had actually
lived in the Muslim world, still believed that these spices
came from the outer edges of the Garden of Eden, located
somewhere along the river Nile. There, people cast their
nets outspread into the river, at night; and when morning
comes, they find in their nets such goods as ... ginger,
In the Middle Ages, spices that are now ordinary
were rare imports from faraway places
The spices at the Champagne fair were from the
Middle East, where they were used in cooking
Pepper was highly regarded in Europe, so
merchants demanded more and more of it.
The Champagne fairs relied on a vast trade
network that drove up the prices of new and rare
goods.

Which group of words is a sentence fragment? A.
My parents do not like to spend extra money on name-brand items.

B.
Wherever we can find the best prices.

C.
Once, they found a chair in excellent condition for a great price.

D.
Mom and Dad often get up early on Saturdays to go to yard sales.

In literature, a dynamic character is one who changes throughout the story. Analyze how Squeaky would be considered a dynamic character throughout “Raymond’sRun”

They ran up the hill in the heavy rain. How is the underlined pronoun used in the sentence?

Re-Read the first two lines of the speech: "All the world's a stage, And the men and women merely players". Which two things are being set up for comparison here? A) All and the world B) players and a stage C) all people and a play on stage

An argumentive eassy on all high school students should be able to leave school for lunch

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly? A. Where has Taryn gone: and why isn't she back? "

B. If you fail, you should try again and again until you succeed.

C. No one can compete with the great Socrates: for philosophical understanding.

D. "Where would you like to eat Angel!"​