Summer Assignment
Assignment #1: Timeline through the 6 glasses
Beer: Mesopotamia & Egypt * 10,000 BCE – Beer was soon inevitably discovered when the gathering of cereal grains became widespread in the Fertile Crescent. * 6,000 BCE – Unlike beer, other products such as wine couldn’t be produced until the introduction of pottery into society. * 4,000 BCE – Beer appears in a pictogram from Mesopotamia after being widespread to the Near East and its origin being unknown. * 3,400 BCE – Writing first began in Sumer where the first history of beer was recorded. * 1,335 BCE – Along with the death of Tutankhamen, sieves (sifters) for the making of beer were found in his tomb.
Wine: Greece & Rome * 2,500 BCE – Wine-making vines were being grown in Crete and in mainland Greece. Wine was thought to be later introduced by the gods rather than always being present. * 870 BCE – One of the most amazing feasts in history was given in Assyria, courtesy of King Ashurnasirpal II * 430 BCE – Greek historian Herodotus visited Mesopotamia and noted that the main export (to Babylon) was wine. * 323 BCE – Alexander the Great died from a mysterious illness that was thought to be contributed to by wine. * 146 BCE – The Italian Peninsula became the world’s number one producer of wine.
Spirits: Spain & Africa * 1300 – Instructions for distilling wine were produced by Arnald of Villanova. * 1405 – Richard McRaghnaill’s death was recorded and attributed to the overuse of aqua vitae. * 1478 – The first book about distillation was written by Michael Puff von Shrick and published in Augsburg. * 1791 – A law was passed in America stating that producers had to pay a tax on each gallon of liquor or an annual fee. * 1797 – Two whiskey stills, created by George Washington, began operating.
Coffee- Arabia & France * 1511 – Religious rulers in Mecca made the first attempts to ban the use of coffee due to religious conflict
Beer: Mesopotamia & Egypt * 10,000 BCE – Beer was soon inevitably discovered when the gathering of cereal grains became widespread in the Fertile Crescent. * 6,000 BCE – Unlike beer, other products such as wine couldn’t be produced until the introduction of pottery into society. * 4,000 BCE – Beer appears in a pictogram from Mesopotamia after being widespread to the Near East and its origin being unknown. * 3,400 BCE – Writing first began in Sumer where the first history of beer was recorded. * 1,335 BCE – Along with the death of Tutankhamen, sieves (sifters) for the making of beer were found in his tomb.
Wine: Greece & Rome * 2,500 BCE – Wine-making vines were being grown in Crete and in mainland Greece. Wine was thought to be later introduced by the gods rather than always being present. * 870 BCE – One of the most amazing feasts in history was given in Assyria, courtesy of King Ashurnasirpal II * 430 BCE – Greek historian Herodotus visited Mesopotamia and noted that the main export (to Babylon) was wine. * 323 BCE – Alexander the Great died from a mysterious illness that was thought to be contributed to by wine. * 146 BCE – The Italian Peninsula became the world’s number one producer of wine.
Spirits: Spain & Africa * 1300 – Instructions for distilling wine were produced by Arnald of Villanova. * 1405 – Richard McRaghnaill’s death was recorded and attributed to the overuse of aqua vitae. * 1478 – The first book about distillation was written by Michael Puff von Shrick and published in Augsburg. * 1791 – A law was passed in America stating that producers had to pay a tax on each gallon of liquor or an annual fee. * 1797 – Two whiskey stills, created by George Washington, began operating.
Coffee- Arabia & France * 1511 – Religious rulers in Mecca made the first attempts to ban the use of coffee due to religious conflict