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For China:
For "hot" spices, Sichuan pepper, pepper, Piper nigrum, which was imported and expensive, and cubeb pepper, Piper cubeba, also imported and expensive.
Other spices include star anise and a range of spices/herbs that are widely used through much of Eurasia: cumin, cinnamon, cassia, fennel, cloves, nutmeg, cardamom, coriander, basil, fenugreek, and more.
Other seasonings include: garlic, ginger, sesame seeds/paste/oil, citrus peel, sugar, rosewater (imported), dried seafood (notably scallops and prawns/shrimp), fermented bean pastes (mostly soybean, but also broad beans), soy sauce, vinegar, rice wine and wine lees, fermented tofu.
Some good sources for Chinese food history including pre-Columbian cuisine are:
E. N. Anderson, The Food of China, Yale University Press, 1988
Hsiang-ju Lin, Slippery Noodles: A Culinary History of China, Prospect Books, 2015
Thomas O. H llmann, The Land of the Five Flavors: A Cultural History of Chinese Cuisine, Columbia University Press, 2013