HIS 102 Lecture 3: Sugar
6 Oct 2016
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Tall grass, 2inches thick, 5-15 feet tall, distill the syrup. Thirsty crop and needs lots of sun and heat. A. c. grows south of the equator (mainly: the spread of sugar: early history. A. a. first domesticated in new guinea and indonesia. Expands and takes sugar as they move and make it to the. Trading with the people of africa and china. Interested in irrigation systems, such as pipes and planting on an incline. Use slaves to harvest farms, portuguese were the first to enslave. In the mediterranean, people began to use slave labor to get sugar. It was a way to show off power. Conspicuous consumption by showing that you have so much money to do whatever without it hurting you financially. Sweeten bitter products, such as tea, coffee, and chocolate. Factory workers used in during the industrial revolution. Eating bread and tea with sugar: the americas. Taino population was between 3-8million and many died from european diseases.
