About the history and the cultural role of spices

Abstract

Spices aroused the marine adventure person’s dream and also caused the war of spices. Spices had big influence on the history in the world as a result. Why was there such any influence in spices? Then, the reason is explained using Maslow’s need hierarchy theory.

Spices were used as medicine, cosmetics or food. The desires to medicine are safety

needs. The desires to cosmetics are self-esteem needs. On the other hand, the desires to food are physiological drives. These physiological drives are considered to be the cause which had big influence on the history in the world.

Then, the history of spices is improved from the viewpoint of directions for use.