... in the form of wine. One reason wine was so popular was because, in most cases, it was safer to drink than the polluted water of the time (Courtwright, 10). As the age of exploration came about, wine was spread to Mexico and the Americas by European explorers. ... history of the world is the ever-popular caffeine. Today, caffeine runs societies all over the world. Present in coffee, tea, soft drinks, and chocolate, caffeine is one of the most widely traded commodity, only second to oil (Courtwright, 19). Caffeine had its beginnings in Ethiopia and radiated outward ... . Once in Europe,...

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