Three Drinks In History Research Paper

The three drinks involved in early times of history include beer, wine, and spirits. Each of these drinks relate to history in their own ways. Beer, wine, and spirits each have a history in different times and places. The general study of this course relates directly to the book because each drink relates back to a specific time and place. The first drink, beer, was prevalent in Mesopotamia and Egypt. “Beer was not vented but discovered” (11). It was discovered because of the gathering of wild grains, the grains were used for many different things and inevitability turned into something new and different. The people in this time were encouraged not to leave where they were because of this grain. The reason they couldn't leave their grain is because they had to be at their homes to harvest enough to eat on all year and so other people would not steal the grain. This idea with the grain led to the first permeant settlements. The settlements
Rum was banned because it became a problem which has been showed by: “… by this time, rum was being consumed at a rate of nearly four American gallons per year for every man, woman, and child in the colonies” (118). Rum was by far the drink of the colonial period and America. During this period spirits provided an escape from the hardship. The people of this time thought that these beverages had supernatural powers because of their properties. “Distilled drinks, alongside firearms and infectious diseases, helped to shape the modern world…” (129). A History of the World in 6 Glasses is relevant to the general course of study in this class. This is because the first three chapters are relevant to the time period that World Civilizations I is based on. This time period is from the dawn of civilization to 1800. Each of the drinks has a cross between A History of the World in 6 Glasses and the textbook used for this