6 sentences with “imported”

The main exception was Brazil, which was hugely profitable and imported staggering numbers of slaves (Brazil was also the last state to ban slavery, in 1888).

From the Old World, Europeans imported all the large domesticated animals - horses, cows, sheep, goats, pigs and sheep - as well as numerous crops such as rice, wheat, sugar cane and coffee.

Similarly, spices such as pepper, cloves and cinnamon could only be imported rather than grown in Europe, and Venice controlled most of this hugely lucrative trade. Spices were, in many words, worth far more than their weight in gold.

The goods produced there, not to mention the quality of scholarship, were of abysmal quality compared to their Arab (or Byzantine) equivalents, so Christian Europe imported numerous goods from the Arab world, often via Spain and Sicily.

For example, many attempts were made to acclimatise camels on the island of Java, but all failed because none of the imported camels reproduced, and the adult individuals died within a short time because of the climate and the strange food.

Wines and beers are best forgotten. Despite being Muslims, they have more freedom and drink a popular 'zibib', which is an aniseed-flavoured drink with ice and water. Besides the fact that imported drinks are very expensive, I always like to try the regional stuff.