The Surprising Maya And Aztec World Chocolate As Money And Deadly Ballgames

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misslily Instead of sweet bars, ancient chocolate was a frothy, bitter beverage reserved primarily for nobles, priests, and warriors.

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misslily Just like modern paper money, cacao currency faced clever counterfeiters who made fake beans out of painted clay.

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Fun Facts

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Fun Fact

Cacao counterfeits: Aztec counterfeiters filled empty cacao husks with dirt or wax to trick market vendors into accepting them as real money.

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Quizzes

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Quiz

How did Aztec emperors like Montezuma II store their vast wealth of cacao?

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What could a person buy with a single cacao bean in an Aztec market around 1500 CE?

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How did Aztec counterfeiters trick merchants with fake cacao money?

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Why was the foam on top of an ancient Maya chocolate drink highly prized?

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Which group of people in Aztec society was most likely to be allowed to drink chocolate?

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Which Aztec god was believed to have stolen cacao from the heavens to give to humans?

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Why did the Maya and Aztecs rarely eat chocolate as a solid bar?

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Which ingredient was commonly mixed into the ancient Mesoamerican chocolate drink known as xocolatl?

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Glossary

cacao (noun)
The seed of a tropical evergreen tree from which cocoa and chocolate are made. During the fifteenth century, Aztec merchants traded these seeds to purchase everyday items like rabbits.

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Gossip

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Gossip

Would you prefer bitter chili chocolate or sweet milk chocolate?

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Videos

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misslily Maya and Aztec elites drank cold, bitter cacao with a prized foam that symbolized high social status.

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misslily Aztec counterfeiters filled hollowed cacao husks with dirt or wax to fake valuable chocolate money.

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misslily Aztec and Maya rulers stored millions of cacao beans that grew on trees and served as money.

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misslily Maya gods discovered cacao in a mythical mountain, and the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl stole it from heaven.

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