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"

The question is asking for details from the text that support the central idea of the passage. The central idea of the passage is the trade of black pepper from India to Syria and its significance. The details that support this central idea are:<br /><br />1. "sailed across the Mediterranean Sea to Syria" - This detail supports the central idea by explaining the route taken by the Italian merchants to reach Syria, where they could buy black pepper.<br /><br />2. "grown on the southwest coast of India" - This detail supports the central idea by explaining the origin of the black pepper, which is grown on the southwest coast of India.<br /><br />3. "tiny dried black peppercorns were the perfect item to trade" - This detail supports the central idea by explaining why black pepper was a valuable trade item, as it was lightweight and could be carried in large quantities.<br /><br />4. "From India the pepper was shipped across to Arabia" - This detail supports the central idea by explaining the route taken by the black pepper from India to Arabia, where it would be transported by camel caravans to Syria.<br /><br />The detail "Jean de Joieville, a French writer __ actually lived in the Muslim world" does not support the central idea of the passage, as it is more related to the beliefs of a French writer about the origin of spices rather than the trade of black pepper.