This map covers the history of chocolate in the Aztec and Mayan cultures!
Religious Life
Classic Period Maya
Annotations:
*Drank chocolate at least on occasion
*Favored beverage for royalty
Aztecs
Annotations:
*Rulers, priests, decorated soldiers, honored merchants could partake of sacred brew.
Both Maya &
Aztecs
Annotations:
*Chocolate played role in religious events.
*Priests offered Gods cacao seeds.
*Served chocolate drink during sacred ceremonies.
Social Life
Classic Period Maya
Annotations:
*Took tree from rainforest and grew it in their own backyards.
*Harvested, roasted, ground seeds into paste
*Mixed wiht water and other ingriedients made a frothy, spicy chocolate drink
Aztecs
Annotations:
*Traded with Maya and other peoples.
*Conquered people pay their tribute in cacao seeds
*Form of Aztec money