I thought this reading was really interesting because of how they teach you about the change in agriculture because of the sugar cane. Sugar cane happened to be one of the most luxurious goods introduced to the markets in Western Asia and Europe. It grows in hot, moist areas and the production is extremely labor- intensive. Even with these flaws, I found it very interesting how quickly sugar cane popularity grew. It wasn't just growing cane in the backyard. Now there were huge plantations sole for the production of sugar cane. Its amazing how quickly popularity of agriculture grew because of one simple plant. The plantaions ran their companies in a master and field slave type of manner. It seemed to be a common commodity-producing system they were using.