Chapter Four: Sugar and Origins of the Modern World

As empires were expanding the world became more and more industrialized. The main focus in order to for these empires to expand to different parts of the world was to take what they thought was valuable and useful. Many people aren't aware that this world is all about commodities. Everything we use have been produced by those who are far away from us. Even if we dont realize it, there is a connection to the global market especially from what we consume everyday in our lives. Empires in Western Europe would find resources and export them back to their country. Exchanging goods became very popular for these empires, it led people to start trading without the need of money. 

Sugar became a very important commodity. Sugar became a symbol of luxury. The Greeks who were conquering across India came across this resource which became very significant. Sugar was a resource that wasn't known for being wealthy but once the Europeans founded sugar and became more accustomed to it. Overall, we are able to see how the littles resources made a difference for everyone especially because it was known as an important resource which was seen as gold. What really caught my attention was that sugar today in America isn't really seen as something worth so big like it was back then.