The handout
begins by stating that we live in a world of commodities. It’s a great way to
engage us readers by putting things into perspective; people have produced the
chairs, the tables, and the white boards we use in the classrooms. In a way we
all take things for granted opposed back then where people of hierarchal status
were only able to consume in such commodities. Going back to the Europeans and
their success with managing their scattered empires, the north western part of
Europe became the core of the modern world economy. One thing I found
interesting in the reading was that drugs that produces an altered state of
being was central in production and exchanging. I question how controlled and
safe it was for drugs to be produced and exchanged. Even to this present day
drugs such as marijuana is legal in some states, but what about back in the
day? What kinds of drugs were the people consuming? The Europeans impacted
everyone internationally with the distant parts of the world they
colonized. Lastly, tracing back the
origin of sugar somewhat reminds me a game of telephone but with sugar. People
all over utilized sugar differently, like how the Europeans produced rum and
molasses with sugar and, interestingly, it was also used primarily as medicine.
Overconsumption in sugar was considered unhealthy all thanks to the tooth decay
of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Thank you Queen Elizabeth I.
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