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How Did The Spanish Conquistadors Build Cacao?

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Cacao beans could not be grown in the dry highlands of central Mexico that were the heart of their civilization, therefore, due to the requirements for growing cacao, cacao was fairly hard to find in large quantities. Cacao was used as a form of currency in much of Central America; the Aztec traded with the Mayan with cacao beans. Cacao was also a very important part of the lives of the Aztec people. They used chocolate as a part of their religious rituals and the emperors sometimes drank gallons of chocolate. However, because cacao couldn't be grown in the region where the Aztec resided, cacao was in such a high demand that conquered people that grew cacao paid their tribute with cacao. Spanish conquistadors realizing how delicious cacao was,
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