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History of the World in 6 Glasses Tom Standage
Publisher: Walker & Company

Kindle eBook Summary: Standage starts with a bold hypothesis—that each epoch, from the Stone Age to the present, has had its signature beverage—and takes readers on an extraordinary trip through world history. No matter what your favourite tipple, when you pour oneself a drink, you have the earlier in a glass. A History of the World in 6 Glasses tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the 21st century through the lens of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola. A History of the World in Six Glasses, Tom Standage, 2005. For my first, I suggest Tom Standage's A History of the World in Six Glasses, although, like I said, the credit really goes to Last Knight, my first and only follower I mean, come on, guys. Finally finished A Historyof the World in 6 Glasses. How might beer have influenced the transition from hunting and gathering (Paleolithic) to agricultural-based (Neolithic) societies? Beer was first made in the Fertile Crescent and by 3000 B.C.E. You can probably discover them all in your personal kitchen ?Co beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, cola. Book Review: A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage. I often enjoy reading pop histories, especially if they have a sort of gimmick to them. This book covered world history through beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca-Cola. From an important work, his book titled “An Edible History of Humanity” – Tom Standage, Author of The New York Times Bestseller, “A History of The world in 6 Glasses,” Standage writes in Chapter 7, A Pineapple for The King;. In the beginning, there was only water. This is how Tom Standage introduces his topic, tracing the history of the world through the lens of the beverages men drank. In this book, Standage looks at how beverages shaped world history. Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt 1.