I am doing a report and I need 2 know which tribe (above) founded chocolate plz help me out here!
2007-01-14 07:53:33 · 3 answers · asked by thisgirllovesvolleyball 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
the olmecs were the first ones to figure out that the bean extract of the cocoa plant was sweet. it was further and extensively used by the aztecs who called it xocolotl.
2007-01-14 11:44:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've done some research and come up with different answers.
"...the ancient Aztecs who first discovered it..."
http://www.chocolatedeities.com/deities.php
"It was the Maya Indians, an ancient people whose descendants still live in Central America, who first discovered the delights of cocoa as long ago as 600 AD."
http://www.geocities.com/napaValley/6454/chocolate.html
I tend to go with this theory:
"The Olmecs (1500-400 BC) were almost certainly the first humans to consume chocolate, originally in the form of a drink."
http://www.zchocolat.com/wswu/wswu.asp?id=h_history&idb=h_
2007-01-14 16:50:19 · answer #2 · answered by Sybaris 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aztecs. They actually used the beans as money too.
2007-01-15 08:26:40 · answer #3 · answered by Gevera Bert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋