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“A History of the World in Six Glasses” Analysis Questions

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” (11) Explain the
reasoning behind this statement
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To invent something a person would be trying to create something original with
specific goals in mind
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People noticed that if gruel “was left
sitting out a couple of days… It became slightly fizzing and pleasantly intoxicating
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” (15) Using the same logic wine can also be considered a discovery
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” (47) Spirits can be considered an invention
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” (98) Wine was purposefully distilled to
invent a stronger drink called brandy
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While the coffee bean was
discovered by people or animals eating it and becoming energetic, the drink made from
this bean was most certainly an invention
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The discovery of tea is documented in a story
where Shen Nung was boiling water and “a gust of wind carried some… [Tea] leaves into
his pot
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The creation of the drink was

not by accident but rather “the deliberate and painstaking culmination of months of
work
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The Greek symposion and the Roman convivium represent two different views of
civilization
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The symposion is a time for drinking and conversing where everyone is equal and
drinks the same wine, while the convivium was instead “a time to emphasize social
divisions” (78)
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Civilization is a collection
of people who while differing in class follow similar “rules and rituals” (60) and have a
surplus of food (allowing for free time), so they are able to share ideas through the
“discussion of philosophy[,] literature,” (61) intellectual ideas, and other less serious
matters
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Standage wrote that spirits were “the result of the convergence of materials, people,
and technologies from around the world, and the product of several intersecting historical
forces
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Many spirits owe their invention to alchemists who used distillation to increase
alcohol concentration
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Rum was a product of sugar that “originated in Polynesia,” (111) made its
way to Europe by way of the Arabs, and traveled with Columbus to America
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While all three the coffeehouse, symposion, and convivium are similar in being a
center for community and the exchange of ideas, they are quite different
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” (4-5) The
conversations in a symposion or convivium may sometimes be for the same goals as in a
coffeehouse, but they lacked “clarity of thought” (4) due to the consumption of wine
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People in both a coffeehouse and a convivium drink
different beverages, but unlike a convivium class does not divide a coffeehouse
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Agree or disagree with this
statement based on your reading of the text
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I agree with this statement
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People remarked, “Throughout the whole of England the drinking of tea is
general
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” (201) More importantly the tea industry “stimulated commerce”
(201), influenced foreign policy, and boosted the economy
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Coca-Cola is representative of globalization, or a trend of the convergence of
ideas, products, and beliefs worldwide
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” (243) Coca-Cola
accounts for “30 percent of all liquid consumption
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During the cold war coke was able to reach across the iron curtain
even though it represented ideas such as capitalism
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Think about the many beverages that were left out of A History of the World in Six
Glasses and consider why Standage chose to leave water and milk out of the story
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Standage writes, “Water
constrained and guided humankind’s progress
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” (273) The drinks that were chosen each were characteristic of an era
and consumed by either everyone or next to everyone
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With the advent of pasteurization and commercial farming milk grew
immensely in terms of consumption, yet the unique flavor still keeps many people from

drinking it
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Key: Changes – Purple

Continuities – Blue

Facts/Affected Regions – Black

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[Beer] 10000 BCE: Beer is first discovered after leaving out Gruel for a few days
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[Wine] 9000-4000 BCE: Wine is first produced in the Zagros mountain range
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[Beer] 3500 BCE: Beer affects both Mesopotamia and Egypt
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[Beer] 3000 BCE: Written records show knowledge of over twenty types of beer
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[Beer] 2500 BCE: People working on the pyramids were paid in beer rations
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[Beer] 1550 BCE: Egyptian medical book uses beer in many herbal remedies
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[Wine] 700 BCE: Greeks take up grape vine cultivation
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[Wine] 161 BCE: Rome passes a law limiting the amount of money spent on
wine
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[Wine] 400 CE: Wine prices remain high for regions that cannot produce wine
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[Coffee] 1450 CE: According to Arab stories, coffee is brewed for the first time
by an Imam
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[Spirits] 1500 CE: Spirits affect Colonial America and Cordoba
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[Coffee] 1620 CE: Scientists start correcting Greek mistakes
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[Spirits] 1655 CE: Rum replaces beer aboard navy ships
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[Coffee] 1671 CE: The first French coffeehouse opens
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[Coffee] 1714 CE: The Dutch give Louis XIV a coffee tree as a gift
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[Spirits] 1751 CE: At the African coast rum is traded for gold
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[Coffee] 1780 CE: Coffee affects both France and England
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[Spirits] 1797 CE: Two whiskey stills begin operating at Mount Vernon
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[Tea] 1800 CE: Tea influences regions from China to England to America
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[Tea] 1780-1840 CE: The industrial revolution occurs in Europe and America
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[Coca-Cola] 1886 CE: John S
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[Coca-Cola] 1895 CE: Coca-Cola’s annual sales are greater than 76,000 gallons
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[Coca-Cola] 1942 CE: Coca-Cola is exempted from sugar rationing because it is
essential to the war effort
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[Coca-Cola] 1965 CE: Coca-Cola establishes operations in Romania
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[Coca-Cola] 2014 CE: Throughout the existence of Coca-Cola man has used
computers

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