NuclearWinter
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Did you guys know that in the Middle Ages, drugs were used as currency and those who possessed them wielded a great deal of economic leverage?
The individuals who cornered the opium market eventually became some of the wealthiest and most influential people on the planet. They reached this state by monopolizing the shipping lanes (sea-lanes were the primary mode of transportation at that time), and thus went on to become the World's rulers.
By the 15th century, nearly every war revolved around gold, diamonds, or the opium trade. Drugs became such a prevalent aspect of civilization, that when a history book today refers to the "spice trade", it is actually a thinly veiled reference to opium.
Across the ocean, the British East India Company was the wealthiest organization on the Earth at that time, and the mighty British Empire was founded on monopolizing the opium market.
By the 19th Century, morphine was invented by a German scientist named F.W.A. Seturner between 1805-1817, and the syringe was developed during the Civil War.
The individuals who cornered the opium market eventually became some of the wealthiest and most influential people on the planet. They reached this state by monopolizing the shipping lanes (sea-lanes were the primary mode of transportation at that time), and thus went on to become the World's rulers.
By the 15th century, nearly every war revolved around gold, diamonds, or the opium trade. Drugs became such a prevalent aspect of civilization, that when a history book today refers to the "spice trade", it is actually a thinly veiled reference to opium.
Across the ocean, the British East India Company was the wealthiest organization on the Earth at that time, and the mighty British Empire was founded on monopolizing the opium market.
By the 19th Century, morphine was invented by a German scientist named F.W.A. Seturner between 1805-1817, and the syringe was developed during the Civil War.