A History of the World in 6 Glasses

A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage

W..er P-shing C--ny | 2006 | ISBN: 0802715524 | 311 pages | PDF | 2,5 MB

Historian Standage explores the significant role that six beverages have played in the world's history. Few realize the prominence of beer in ancient Egypt, but it was crucial to both cultural and religious life throughout the Fertile Crescent, appearing even in the Gilgamesh epic. Wine's history has been recounted in many places, and its use to avoid often--polluted water supplies made it ubiquitous wherever grapes could be easily cultivated. Spirits, first manufactured by Arabs and later rejected by them with the rise of Islam, played a fundamental role in the ascendance of the British navy.