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A History of the World in 6 Glasses

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  • Irene Gracea Soriano [STUDENT]har citeretfor 6 år siden
    Fermentation and civilization are inseparable.
    —John Ciardi, American poet (1916-86)
  • Irene Gracea Soriano [STUDENT]har citeretfor 6 år siden
    Humans in the Near East abandoned the old hunter-gatherer lifestyle of the Paleolithic period (old stone age) and began to take up farming instead, settling down in villages which eventually grew to become the world's first cities.
  • Irene Gracea Soriano [STUDENT]har citeretfor 6 år siden
    Each one became popular when it met a particular need or aligned with a historical trend; in some cases, it then went on to influence the course of history in unexpected ways.
  • Irene Gracea Soriano [STUDENT]har citeretfor 6 år siden
    Drinks have been used to celebrate births, commemorate deaths, and forge and strengthen social bonds; to seal business transactions and treaties; to sharpen the senses or dull the mind; to convey lifesaving medicines and deadly poisons.
  • zarreablovehar citeretfor 6 år siden
    Beer was not invented but discovered.
  • zarreablovehar citeretfor 6 år siden
    new beverage derived from barley and wheat,
  • zarreablovehar citeretfor 6 år siden
    water had been humankind's basic drink.
  • zarreablovehar citeretfor 6 år siden
    The humans who migrated out of Africa starting around 50,000 years ago traveled in small nomadic bands, perhaps thirty strong, and lived in caves, huts, or skin tents. They hunted game, caught fish and shellfish, and gathered edible plants, moving from one temporary camp to another to exploit seasonal food supplies. Their tools included bows and arrows, fishhooks, and needles.
  • ;har citeretfor 6 år siden
    Although hunter-gatherers had previously led semisettled rather than entirely nomadic lives, moving between a number of temporary or seasonal shelters, the ability to store cereal grains began to encourage people to stay in one place.
  • ;har citeretfor 6 år siden
    Beer is a liquid relic from human prehistory, and its origins are closely intertwined with the origins of civilization itself.
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