Some of the best of it came from northeast Africa, as a matter of fact.

一些顶级香料来自非洲东北部
You remember the Queen of Sheba from the Bible?

还记得圣经中的示巴女王吗
I say that, but I shutter to think

我说的时候就在想
how many of you have read the Bible,

你们中多少人读过圣经
but anyway, she was so rich

但无论如何她拥有的财富之多
as to attract the interest of King Solomon,

甚至吸引了所罗门王注意
because that's where those wonderful, fine smelling things,

因为在她那里有馥郁芬芳的香料
frankincense and myrrh, and stuff like that was available--

像乳香和没药等
useful for this purpose.

都可做芳香油之用
So they had to import that

因此他们需要进口香料
to make their goods as saleable as they wanted and so on.

以使他们的货物如预想中可供出售
So you have trade with the Mediterranean

由此你知道了他们与地中海