Throughout the books An Edible History of Humanity, and Gunpowder it is expressed that agriculture and gunpowder have played a major role in the continual development of the world we know today. Agriculture opened the doors to a greater knowledge of the scientific world, and because of this scientific growth, gunpowder technology advanced. These advances led to the discovery and creation of lucrative and nourishing crops, along with ammo that increased the power and productivity of war. The Du Pont family, the civil war, the potato, and sugarcane are all examples of elements that paved the way to the modernized world. In the book Gunpowder the Du Pont family was described with great importance to the explosive industry. The Du Pont family
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This is because the sugarcane crop is associated with the start of slavery, the production of many comfort foods we consume daily, and growth in industrialization. Sugar cane-a crop brought to the Americas by Columbus- is a major labor-intensive crop. In order to produce a sufficient amount slaves were used. African slaves were bought with textiles and goods America had bought from Europe with sugar. Other items traded to Africa were popular sugar products like rum and molasses. These trade routes that involved bartering sugar products for slaves were called the Atlantic trade. Later on as the number of slaves and production increased the price of sugar fell. Sugar was then became a popular crop used for the sweetening of many popular foods such as tea, coffee, and cocoa that are still popular today. With sugar becoming more and more popular industrialization increased, and plantations were built. Standage wrote,” To desire to do all of this on a large scale, as quickly and efficiently as possible, led to the development of increasingly elaborate machinery” (116). Rolling mills are an example of the machinery used. Sugarcane is a crop that has evolved and we use plentifully in all the foods we consume each day. If you think about it the crop has had immense power because without it there might not have been slavery thus no civil …show more content…
The potato provided needed nourishment in times of famine and war. It also was far more reliable, and productive than rice or wheat, and required the same amount of cultivated space and time to be grown. Another advantage of the potato is that it had the properties to be grown in many different areas and climates that other crops couldn’t be grown in. The increase in nourishment due to the mass production of potatoes caused decrease in famine and disease leading to more births than deaths. It was written that,” an acre of potatoes will still produce six thousand weight of solid nourishment, three times the quantity produced by the acre of wheat”(Smith 123). With the use of the potato escalating so did industrialization. With concerns of limited cultivation space due to mass production, biofuels, solar fuels, and wind turbines were used as more reliable and earth safe options. These advancements have withstood time and continue to be used today to benefit the
This is because the sugarcane crop is associated with the start of slavery, the production of many comfort foods we consume daily, and growth in industrialization. Sugar cane-a crop brought to the Americas by Columbus- is a major labor-intensive crop. In order to produce a sufficient amount slaves were used. African slaves were bought with textiles and goods America had bought from Europe with sugar. Other items traded to Africa were popular sugar products like rum and molasses. These trade routes that involved bartering sugar products for slaves were called the Atlantic trade. Later on as the number of slaves and production increased the price of sugar fell. Sugar was then became a popular crop used for the sweetening of many popular foods such as tea, coffee, and cocoa that are still popular today. With sugar becoming more and more popular industrialization increased, and plantations were built. Standage wrote,” To desire to do all of this on a large scale, as quickly and efficiently as possible, led to the development of increasingly elaborate machinery” (116). Rolling mills are an example of the machinery used. Sugarcane is a crop that has evolved and we use plentifully in all the foods we consume each day. If you think about it the crop has had immense power because without it there might not have been slavery thus no civil …show more content…
The potato provided needed nourishment in times of famine and war. It also was far more reliable, and productive than rice or wheat, and required the same amount of cultivated space and time to be grown. Another advantage of the potato is that it had the properties to be grown in many different areas and climates that other crops couldn’t be grown in. The increase in nourishment due to the mass production of potatoes caused decrease in famine and disease leading to more births than deaths. It was written that,” an acre of potatoes will still produce six thousand weight of solid nourishment, three times the quantity produced by the acre of wheat”(Smith 123). With the use of the potato escalating so did industrialization. With concerns of limited cultivation space due to mass production, biofuels, solar fuels, and wind turbines were used as more reliable and earth safe options. These advancements have withstood time and continue to be used today to benefit the