Sugar

Sugar

Sugar is a sweet-tasting carbohydrate, which can be differentiated in terms of being a simple sugar or a compound sugar. Sugar itself can be found from multiple sources, such as sugarcanes, malting grain, sugar beets, and milk, which range themselves into different varieties.

History

In the Renaissance era, sugar was collected by both the Italian Assassins and Templars in Rome and used to craft smoke bombs, along with gunpowder. Sugar was also a component to brew beer, along with wheat.

During the Golden Age of Piracy, sugar was a major commodity, being used as a trading resource and to create byproducts for trade, such as rum. For this reason, many pirates would plunder merchant ships for sugar and then sell it on the market. Sugar plantations became highly profitable, especially in the Caribbean, where Saint-Domingue served as the world's leading sugar producer.

During the early 18th century, the businesswoman Madam Lee controlled Macau's salt and sugar trade, allowing her to earn a fortune and become one of the city's most powerful merchants. In 1725, the British Assassin Edward Kenway infiltrated Lee's main warehouse in Macau to steal salt and sugar, which were later used to treat an outbreak of cholera in Zhang's village.

During the French Revolution, in 1793, the College of the Four Nations converted its chapel into a sugar storage for France's privileged citizens.

Gallery

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  Sugar in Renaissance Italy
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  Edward Kenway finding a crate of sugar

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy (first appearance)
• Assassin's Creed III (mentioned only)
• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
  • Freedom Cry
• Assassin's Creed: Unity (mentioned only)
• Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple
• Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR (mentioned in Database entry only)