The History of Chocolate Explained

Chocolate is amazing. Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, chocolate with nuts... It’s amazing. And this video we will look at the history of chocolate. How was chocolate created? From the Native Americans such as the Aztecs and Mayans, to the first European chocolate factory, to the modern chocolate industry.: Social Media - Discord: - Reddit: - Twitter: - Instagram: - Facebook: Credits - Research: Mrs Scope - Animation: History Scope (Avery) - Audio: Seb. Soto Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:00 Early History 07:55 Europeans Arrive 14:23 The Rest of the World Image Credits Olmec Head. Created by ‘Mesoamerican’ (username on wikipedia). The image was zoomed in and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International. Music Credits TARANTELLA NAPOLITANA royalty free Music produced by Giorgio Di Campo for @FreeSound Music @FreesoundMusic original video: Also Sprach Zarathustra - Strauss [COPYRIGHT FREE] Conducted by Philip Milman Funded by Ludwig & Schlatt CC Atribution 3.0 Unported Jimena Contreras Aztec Empire Mayan Ritual Youtube Audio Library @JimenaContreras Sources World Cocoa Foundation. March 2012. “Cocoa Market Update.” (2/27/14) Payson Center for International Development and Technology Transfer. March 31, 2011. “Oversight of Public and Private Initiatives to Eliminate Worst Forms of Child Labor in the Cocoa Sector in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.” Tulane University. (2/25/14) Mistrati, Miki, and Romano, U. Roberto. Shady Chocolate. Performed by Mistrati, Miki (2012; Copenhagen: Bastard Film & TV). DVD. BBC. March 24, 2010. “Tracing the bitter truth of chocolate and child labour.” (3/01/14) McKenzie, David, and Swails, Brent. January 19, 2012. “Child Slavery and chocolate: All too Easy to find.” CNN. (2/22/14) RFI. July 22, 2009. “Franco-Canadian journalist killed by first lady’s security guards, says French TV.” (3/01/14) Voice of America. July 16, 2010. “Ivory Coast Arrests 3 Journalists over Cocoa Story.” (2/28/14) Mistrati, Miki, and Romano, U. Roberto. The Dark Side of Chocolate. Performed by Mistrati, Miki (2010; Copenhagen: Bastard Film & TV). DVD. Sackett, Marjie. “Forced Child Labor and Cocoa Production in West Africa.” Human Rights & Human Welfare (2008). (3/01/14) Kramer, Anna. March 6, 2013. “Women and the big business of chocolate.” Oxfam America. (9/4/17) Hinshaw, Drew. October 6, 2010. “Governments Look to End Child Labor in West African Cocoa Farming.” Voice of America. (3/02/14) Price, Larry C. July 10, 2013. “One Million Children Labor in Africa’s Goldmines.” PBS. (3/03/14) Gregory, Amanda. October 31, 2013. “Chocolate and Child Slavery: Say No to Human Trafficking this Holiday Season.” Huffington Post. (8/23/17) Global Finance. 2013. “The Poorest Countries in the World.” (2/24/14) Raghavan, Sudarsan, and Chatterjee, Sumana. 2001. “How Your Chocolate May be Tainted.” Knight Ridder Newspapers. (2/21/14) United States Department of Labor. 2012. “2012 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor: Cote d’Ivoire.” (2/25/14) Mull, L. Diane, and Kirkhorn, Steven R. 2005. “Child Labor in Ghana Cocoa Production: Focus upon Agricultural Tasks, Ergonomic Exposures, and Associated Injuries and Illnesses.” Association of Schools of Public Health.
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