6 Glasses- Study Questions
Introduction—“Vital Fluids”
1. The author’s main argument in setting up his book is that human history is formed by several different types of drinks.
2. These fluids are vital because we need them to survive. You can survive weeks without food, but you cannot live without water for more than a couple days.
“Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt” (Chapters 1 and 2):
1. It is linked because the discovery of beer was possible through grain farming, which was a settled form of agriculture.
2. Beer was only possible if people settled in one area, which caused early civilizations.
3. It was gathered by written records by Mesopotamia and Egypt, the first literate civilizations.
4. Beer was nourishing because it was beneficial, people drank it at religious ceremonies as a sacrifice and it was a toast to good fortune.
5. Beer was the reason people settled down and caused civilization. In the story of Gilgamesh, beer drinking was a trait that the civilized man did not share with the barbarian. Beer drinking halls brought people together in Mesopotamia.
“Wine in Greece and Rome” (Chapters 3 and 4):
1. Wine was a more exotic and classy drink than beer. It was reserved for the highest social class.
2. Wine was used as a social status. If you drank wine, you were high class. The age and type of wine contributed to showing your wealth and status.
3. Wine developed because it was from exotic places, it was very different than other drinks, it was expensive and nobody could get their hands on it unless they had riches.
4. The amount of wine you drank was a sign of your social status in Rome. The more wine you drank, the richer you were. Although, even the poorest worker had at least one glass of wine every day.
5. Wine didn't cost as much in Rome; which means you could drink more everyday.
6. In the Roman Empire, wine was given to other countries in order to show how rich they were.
The medicinal use of wine was to clear heads and thoughts.
Wine was
1. The author’s main argument in setting up his book is that human history is formed by several different types of drinks.
2. These fluids are vital because we need them to survive. You can survive weeks without food, but you cannot live without water for more than a couple days.
“Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt” (Chapters 1 and 2):
1. It is linked because the discovery of beer was possible through grain farming, which was a settled form of agriculture.
2. Beer was only possible if people settled in one area, which caused early civilizations.
3. It was gathered by written records by Mesopotamia and Egypt, the first literate civilizations.
4. Beer was nourishing because it was beneficial, people drank it at religious ceremonies as a sacrifice and it was a toast to good fortune.
5. Beer was the reason people settled down and caused civilization. In the story of Gilgamesh, beer drinking was a trait that the civilized man did not share with the barbarian. Beer drinking halls brought people together in Mesopotamia.
“Wine in Greece and Rome” (Chapters 3 and 4):
1. Wine was a more exotic and classy drink than beer. It was reserved for the highest social class.
2. Wine was used as a social status. If you drank wine, you were high class. The age and type of wine contributed to showing your wealth and status.
3. Wine developed because it was from exotic places, it was very different than other drinks, it was expensive and nobody could get their hands on it unless they had riches.
4. The amount of wine you drank was a sign of your social status in Rome. The more wine you drank, the richer you were. Although, even the poorest worker had at least one glass of wine every day.
5. Wine didn't cost as much in Rome; which means you could drink more everyday.
6. In the Roman Empire, wine was given to other countries in order to show how rich they were.
The medicinal use of wine was to clear heads and thoughts.
Wine was