One of the "Cape Book Series". Opium is a drug that has both healed and harmed since the beginning of human civilization, and humans have been enslaved to this "milk of heaven" for thousands of years. Renowned cultural historian Lucy Inglis takes readers on an epic journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and Afghanistan, from Sanskrit to popular slang, from poppy tears to drugs, from morphine to today's synthetic opium, telling the long and complex history of the world's most exciting and dangerous plant, the poppy, and its synthetic product, opium. This is a story about addiction, trade, war, literature, medicine, and especially money.
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[Sending Hearts] Nice book📖
One reason for this situation is that the order established by the Romans allowed large cities to be effectively managed; another reason is the improvement in agricultural activities and climate, which means that these central towns have sufficient food supplies; and the third reason is that the level of commercial and trade activities has increased. [Sending Hearts] Read on 2025/7/27
[Sending Hearts] Nice book📖 One reason for this situation is that the order established by the Romans allowed large cities to be effectively managed; another reason is the improvement in agricultural activities and climate, which means that these central towns have sufficient food supplies; and the third reason is that the level of commercial and trade activities has increased. [Sending Hearts] Read on 2025/7/27