The correct answer are A) high prices in China, B) production difficulties, C) the distance they had to be brought, D) taxes en route, and H) high wages for workers.
The reasons why Eastern luxuries were expensive were “high prices in China, production difficulties, the distance they had to be brought, taxes en route, and high wages for workers.
Eastern luxuries did not exist in Western countries. Rich people in Europe were able to pay for them. They were wealthy and could afford the high prices for luxurious things that were exclusive. The transportation cost from long distances, the risks it implied, the constant taxation in the road, the difficult and detailed production of the products and the considerable high wages for the workers that produced the luxurious things really increased the prices and only rich, noble people could afford to pay for them.
