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German painting from early 18th
century
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Popular choice of drink was tea
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Tea from China and Japan
entered into Europe in the 16th
century.
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Picture depicts wealthy elites
enjoying the expensive drink.
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The teacups in the forefront of the
painting represent China expanding
their markets to Europe
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Tea cups and saucers were
designed for the European
taste
• Flowers and scenes
most likely seen in
Europe were designed
on these tea cups and
saucers.
Tea and porcelain was for
the wealthy elites
• High status
Europe is getting access to
luxury goods through more
trading opportunities.
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Aztecs first discovered how to make
the drink
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Chocolate was a drink reserved for
the elite
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High status
Introduced in Spain and then the
rest of Europe
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Used in religious rituals, for
medicine, as aphrodisiacs, and
as recreational beverages
Elites could afford importing
the expensive drink
Chocolate didn’t take off in China
and the Islamic world until more
recent times
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Large part of the Columbian
Exchange
• Chocolate lost its original intent
when it reached Europe
Church approved it as a nutritional
substitute during times of fasting
Europe played with the beverage
• Added sugar, cinnamon, other
spices, and milk
• Some ingredients were from the
Americas and Asia
Chocolate illustrated the process by
which Europe was becoming the
center of an emerging world
economy and demonstrated the
interconnectedness between
Europe, the Americas, and Asia
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Painted in the 16th century
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Coffee was consumed in social
gatherings
Coffee was considered the first
recreational beverage
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Strong opposition
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Coffeehouses are created
Drew people away from the
Mosques even as it drew
together all different classes
“Refuge of Satan”
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Sharing a cup of coffee
represented sharing a
commonality between people
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Places of political intrigue
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Authorities being challenged
Threat of lower classes being
equal and sharing the same ideas
as the elites in society
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Caste- paintings of the 18th Century in
Mexico
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Zapotec artist, Miguel Cabrera
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Man is wearing European-style clothing
Woman is wearing traditional Mayan
clothing
Child is categorized as a “loba”
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“Wolf”
Interracial marriages
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Blending of European culture and
Mayan culture
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High status
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Man has access to porcelain
All three are well dressed
Mixing and blending of various cultures
and their products
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“Public Procession of the King’s
Women”
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Illustration from a British
official staying in West Africa
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Elaborate ceremony showing of
the king’s possessions
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Slave merchants are the guests
• Intrigue to trade
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Dahomey was heavily involved
in the slave trade.