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, which details from the text support the central idea of this passage? check all that apply. “sailed across the mediterranean sea to syria” “grown on the southwest coast of india” “tiny dried black peppercorns were the perfect item to trade” “from india the pepper was shipped across to arabia” “jean de joieville, a french writer... actually lived in the muslim world”

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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, which details from the text support the central idea of this passage? check all that apply.  “sailed across the mediterranean sea to syria”  “grown on the southwest coast of india”  “tiny dried black peppercorns were the perfect item to trade”  “from india the pepper was shipped across to arabia”  “jean de joieville, a french writer... actually lived in the muslim world”

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# Brief Explanations:
To determine which details support the central idea (likely about the trade of black pepper and its journey/qualities for trade), we analyze each option:
- "sailed across the Mediterranean Sea to Syria": Shows Italian merchants' trade route, relevant to pepper trade.
- "grown on the southwest coast of India": Explains pepper's origin, part of its trade story.
- "tiny dried black peppercorns were the perfect item to trade": Explains why pepper was good for trade, supports the trade theme.
- "From India the pepper was shipped across to Arabia": Details the pepper's trade route, relevant.
- "Jean de Joieville... lived in the Muslim world": This is about his belief on spice origin, not directly about the trade process of pepper (the main focus of the text's given part), so it does not support the central idea of the passage (trade of pepper).

# Answer:
- "sailed across the Mediterranean Sea to Syria"
- "grown on the southwest coast of India"
- "tiny dried black peppercorns were the perfect item to trade"
- "From India the pepper was shipped across to Arabia"

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