The Ancient History of Chocolate

Chocolate has an incredible story from the cacao tree to the chocolate that we love today. Discover chocolate’s long lost Mesoamerican history from its South American origins to its cultivation and rise in Mesoamerica.

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Watch Atlas Altera's video here: https://youtu.be/EQMcp-BwbBU

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:40 The Cacao Tree
08:36 Early Cacao Use In Mesoamerca
11:24 Maya Cacao Use
16:45 Cacao cultivation and trade in Mesoamerica
20:56 Aztec Cacao Use
23:06 Chocolate in the colonial period
35:45 Etymology of Chocolate
38:50 Conclusion

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Sources and Bibliography: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UB1EaM6tIoo7ptungjBpfWxjz269Cgt04o07aCNc0XI/edit?usp=sharing

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