Beer In The Passage Analysis

English needed the tea from China which was one reason caused British to negotiate with the Chinese to open more trade opportunity to the outsiders, and the denial of exporting tea to the British caused the later Opium War.

The British East India Company, which was a major supplier of tea, used its wealth and power to lobby for new government policy.

One of the largest points that the author makes is the significance of tea to the people in the colonies. While there were many who thought that tea was evil and caused health issues, the overwhelming majority of colonist were obsessed. Tea was something new and seen as a luxury item. It took a six-month voyage for the EIC to bring to the precious leaves to Boston. Once there, it was auctioned to those who could afford it. While the bourgeoisie sipped their tea and

“For all the Tea in China -How England Stole the World 's Favorite Drink and Changed History

Once established as England's national drink, tea imports from first China and India led to massive trade. The book describes the power of the British East India Company, which “generated more revenue than the British government and ruled over far more people,”

Saberi, H. (2010). Tea Comes to the West. In Tea:A Global History. [Adobe Digital Editions Version]. Retrieved from http://site.ebrary.com/

Tea became a mainstream drink in Asia around 100 BCE. It then became a mainstream drink in Europe around 1610 CE.

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 to make beer in a loaf, making it convenient to store the raw beer materials. Beer started as just a social drink but then blossomed into a “hallmark of civilization”, as seen by the Mesopotamians. Grain was the basis of the national diet, it was

1. The discovery of beer is linked to the growth of the first civilizations because in both cultures of Mesopotamia and Egypt, beer was the main drink. It was consumed by everyone and was known as the defining drink of both of the first great civilizations.

Title: Control and Protest (Pages 98-102) Subtitle: Introduction Paragraph 1. A. With England's victory over the French, they faced difficulties with their new lands. B. England has used up a large amount of money fighting in the war and also had to decide how to manage the new lands.

Tea: Tea began as a luxury drink, and then trickled down to become the beverage of the working man. The story of tea is the story of imperialism, industrialization, and world domination. According to Chinese tradition, the first cup of tea was brewed by the emperor Shen Nung. Before tea was a beverage, it was used for medicinal purposes and foodstuff. Tea became a daily drink in China around the third century A.D. As the Industrial Revolution of 18th and 19th centuries gained steam, tea provided some of the fuel. Factory workers stayed alert during long, monotonous shifts thanks to welcome tea breaks. The beverage also had unintended health benefits for rapidly growing urban areas. Chewing leaves and rubbing them on wounds were ways that tea was used for medicinal purposes.

In the chapters “A Stone-Age Brew” and “Civilized Beer” from the book A History of the World in 6 Glasses, Tom Standage describes how beer affected the lives of the first humans who lived in year-round settlements and later in the first civilizations in Mesopotamia and Egypt. Beer played a significant role in turning the first humans from hunter gatherers to farmers. Beer was discovered in the Fertile Crescent around 12,000 years ago, when gruel derived from gathered grains (a staple food) that was in storage fermented. These ancient groups of hunter-gatherers found this beverage “slightly fizzy and pleasantly intoxicating” (Standage 15) and realized it was more easily made than other alcoholic drinks. Over time, the quality and variety of beer increased by trial and error.

Beer shows us that early civilizations were encouraged by the cultivation and storage of grain to develop permanent settlements. The history of beer also shows us that ancient civilizations were civilized enough to understand that contaminated water was unsafe to drink. Beer also shows us how the association of beer with a settled down lifestyle was more important to the people rather than the savage ways of prehistoric times. The use of beer as currency demonstrates the prosperity of the new civilizations as well as how beer had become a necessity to the people. The popularization of beer in the ancient world pushed civilization to develop a written language as a way to record the distribution of grain, beer, bread, and other goods.

Because everything that they had, there was a God for, took it as a gift because it was a global phenomenon at the time, it was a gift”beer was thought to have mythological origins”Standage 28.

Liquid Wealth and Health a passage from “Civilized Beer” was written as an informational piece about beer. It is an insight into how two ancient civilizations, Egypt and Mesopotamia, used beer for their currency and for various medical purposes. Beer, however much it might be a hindrance to modern society, was a vital part of the beginning of civilization and improved the lives of ancient people.