Transition From Hunting And Gathering To Agricultural-Based Societies
1. How did beer influence the transition from hunting and gathering to agricultural based societies?
Early beer had an important influence on shifting humans into a more permanent based society. Beer pushed people to settle because of the time and effort that went into fermenting grain. With all of the gathered grain and beer early humans could have enough food to support themselves foraging.
2. Why does the author say that beer was not invented but discovered?
The production of beer was inevitable once people began using grains in their daily life. It was discovered that when grains were soaked in water and left to ferment they became intoxicating. The early humans didn’t invent beer; they, instead, discovered it by a fortunate accident. …show more content…
Farming began the road to modern civilization by creating food surpluses and, for the first time in history, allowing people to specialize in crafts other than farming. Since the craftsman depended on the farmers they joined together in communities to form the first civilization.
5. What is the relationship between beer and writing, commerce, and health?
Beer has an important relationship with early writing, commerce, and health. The first writing came about as a system to catalogue stored beer and grain and evolved from there. Beer was used both as a widespread currency and payment in both ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. In relation to health, beer was important for more than one reason. Beer was used in medicine and herb concoctions, it was used as a supplement for diet because of its vitamins and nutrients, and beer was often much cleaner than water because of the brewing process and thus healthier.
6. Why beer was viewed as a gift from the gods?
Early humans did not know what was happening on the chemical level when grain fermented. They thought that the fermentation process was magic because it turned grain and water into beer. Since early people could not explain what was happening when grains fermented, their only explanation could be that beer was a gift from the
Early beer had an important influence on shifting humans into a more permanent based society. Beer pushed people to settle because of the time and effort that went into fermenting grain. With all of the gathered grain and beer early humans could have enough food to support themselves foraging.
2. Why does the author say that beer was not invented but discovered?
The production of beer was inevitable once people began using grains in their daily life. It was discovered that when grains were soaked in water and left to ferment they became intoxicating. The early humans didn’t invent beer; they, instead, discovered it by a fortunate accident. …show more content…
Farming began the road to modern civilization by creating food surpluses and, for the first time in history, allowing people to specialize in crafts other than farming. Since the craftsman depended on the farmers they joined together in communities to form the first civilization.
5. What is the relationship between beer and writing, commerce, and health?
Beer has an important relationship with early writing, commerce, and health. The first writing came about as a system to catalogue stored beer and grain and evolved from there. Beer was used both as a widespread currency and payment in both ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. In relation to health, beer was important for more than one reason. Beer was used in medicine and herb concoctions, it was used as a supplement for diet because of its vitamins and nutrients, and beer was often much cleaner than water because of the brewing process and thus healthier.
6. Why beer was viewed as a gift from the gods?
Early humans did not know what was happening on the chemical level when grain fermented. They thought that the fermentation process was magic because it turned grain and water into beer. Since early people could not explain what was happening when grains fermented, their only explanation could be that beer was a gift from the