The Illustrated History Of How Sugar Conquered The World • Discoverology

The Illustrated History Of How Sugar Conquered The World

Food, History

If you want to understand Western history, you have to understand sugar. And vice versa. Because sugar’s not just something sweet: over the centuries it’s been a medicine, a spice, a symbol of royalty, and an instrument of disease, addiction, and oppression.

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