The five hundred year war in the middle east where the europeans first saw the spices, fabrics, and other goods was called the: crusades operation desert storm renaissance longest war ever all the above

Option: Crusades

Explanation:

The war lasted for 500 years between the Crusaders (Christians) and Muslims. The reason for this war was to stop the Muslim in invading Europe and trying to win the Holy Land for Christendom. Crusades in the Middle East introduced to items and goods which were new to Europeans. Muslims introduced silk, spices, textiles, carpets also foods like sherbet, fruits, sugar, coffee, and rice.

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explanation

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we can rewrite this as:

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apply the zero product property to get:

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