World History Essay

Pre Reading:
1. My definition of World History is all the events and people of the world through history and how they made a difference.
2. The thing that interests me the most in World History is learning how the people lived their daily lives. What does not interest me is memorizing a lot of dates and events.
3. 8000 BCE to 600 BCE:
600 BCE to 600 CE:
1450 to 1750 CE: Christopher Columbus,
1750 to 1900 CE:
1900 to present: World War II, First Man on the Moon, Invention of the Cell Phone,
Beer:
1. The discovery of beer is linked to the growth of the first civilizations because when people began harvesting more grains, they would settle in one place to store it all. When the beer was stored it would sometimes get wet. The people discovered

The history of beer in the ancient world can tell that early civilizations had many rituals they followed. For example, beer was often drank out of a straw so the people could share it. Not one part would be more desirable than another, opposed to when you slice up a piece of meat. Beer could have influenced the transition from hunting and gathering to agricultural-based societies because once the people discovered beer and drinking was significant both socially and ritually the people wanted to guarantee the accessibility to beer by farming grains. Otherwise they would have to rely of wild grains. Therefore, farming was implemented to ensure a good quantity of beer.
3. Tom Standage used primary sources to gather his information on the use of beer. Many of these were pictograms. The Egyptian cuneiform is an example of this. He also used many carvings on walls.
4. Beer was used in nourishment because it was used in many medicines. A tablet of cuneiform from 2100 BCE was found that contains of list of recipes for different medicines. Beer was used in ritual during funerals. Scenes of people brewing, baking, and drinking beer have been found in Egyptian tombs. Also, sieves of beer were found in Tutankhem’s tomb. Even the commonplace residents were buried with small jars of beer. Beer was used in religion because in many of the tales of the Gods beer was included. They believed that beer was a gift from the gods. For example, when Ra, the sun god, used beer to save the human