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    6 Glasses Summer Assignment Chapter 1 1. The consequences of the agricultural revolution were that people stopped moving around and settled in villages creating cities‚ it also cause writing‚ and new technologies. 2. Wheat and barley are cereal grains‚ from them beer‚ soup‚ porridge‚ gruel‚ and broth are produced. 3. The archeological evidence was from 10‚000 b.c.e.‚ flint- bladed sickles for harvesting‚ woven baskets for carrying‚ stone hearths for drying them‚ underground pits for storing

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    A History of the World in 6 Glasses Journals By:Jennifer Jones Journal 1 Introduction Tom Standage’s main thesis is that there is six vital fluids. Theses fluids are vital to history as well as vital to life‚ without fluids humans could not survive. Standage states on page 1‚ “The availability of water constrained and guided humankind’s progress. Drinks have continued to shape human history ever since.” There are six main vital fluids which are beer‚ wine‚ spirits

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    A History of the World in Six Glasses By: Tom Standage Part I 1. How might beer have impetus the hunting and gathering to agricultural based societies? A. Farming had Increase and spread throughout the Fertile Crescent B. Emergence of hunting and gathering people to form cities C. It open up the trading between nations D. It trigger the agricultural revolution E. All the above 2. As brewing beer became more widespread‚ what is most important benefit from drinking

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    Bethany McDaniel AP World History Summer 2012 Assignment Chapter 1&2 Question 1 How did beer lead to the development of cities in Mesopotamia and Egypt? Grains grew widespread in the Fertile Crescent (The crescent shaped area which had an ideal climate and soil for growing plants and raising livestock‚ it stretches from Egypt‚ up the Mediterranean coast to Turkey‚ and then down again to the border between Iraq and Iran.) causing the unintentional discovery of beer. The Fertile Crescent’s extremely

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    A History of the World in Six Glasses Written by: The beautiful Jack Liu 1. Describe the origins of wine and evidence of this. The earliest physical evidence of wine was in 5400 BCE‚ with residue found in a pottery jar from Hajji Tepe. Hajji Tepe is a Neolithic village located in the Zagros Mountains. 2. Describe how the Greeks distinguished themselves from the “non-civilized.” The Greeks distinguished themselves from the non-civilized in many ways. For example‚ the uncivilized would drink beer

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    A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Questions/Answers) Spirits 1) From which advanced civilization did Europeans get the ‘science’ of how to make spirits? A) The Arabs‚ who first started distilling wine and other substances for their experiments. 2) In what ways was the discovery and use of distillation important to the rebirth of science in Europe? A) Distillation and distilled wine were considered a therapeutic and medicinal miracle. It went hand in hand with the infant science of perfume

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    "A History of the Word in Six Glasses" "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt" (Chapter 1 and 2) How might beer have influenced the transition from hunting and gathering to agricultural-based societies. Beer might have/had influenced the transition from hunting and gathering to agricultural-based societies. One way beer could have done this was that after the discovery of beer‚ the demand for beer began to increase. With increase demand for beer‚ farming would increase taking away time to hunt and gather

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    A History of the World in Six Glasses: Summary Beer The discovery of beer happened around 10000 BCE. The hunter-gatherers‚ located in the Fertile Crescent‚ collected cereal grains because they could be stored for a number of months if kept dry and safe. The storage of grains made it harder to have a nomadic lifestyle; therefore the people started staying in one place. They would try to make water tight storage areas‚ however water did eventually get into them. After the grain would get wet and

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    A History of the World in Six Glasses SPIRITS 1. From which advanced civilization/culture did Europeans get the “science” of how to make spirits? The Europeans got the “science” of how to make spirits from Córdoba in southern Spain‚ the capital of Arab Andalusia. 2. In what ways was the “discovery” and use of distillation important to the rebirth of science in Europe? How was distillation perceived and which infant science did it go hand in hand with‚ this probably leading to further work

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    Chapters 1 & 2 Q. How did beer lead to the development of cities in Mesopotamia and Egypt? A. Beer started out as gruel‚ and as the gruel fermented it turned into beer. Now it was not the first form of alcohol‚ but it was an important kind of alcohol. Beer was made from cereal crops‚ which were very abundant‚ and because it was so abundant it could be made whenever it was needed. They then found an even easier way to make beer by using beer-bread. Beer bread is basically everything needed

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