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A History Of The World In Six Glasses Chapter Summaries

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Learning about history is a very vital part in the educational system in this generation. We need to learn about how history shaped us into the people we are today and what influenced us to have such decisions or actions. Tom Standage’s book ‘A History Of The World In Six Glasses’ showed a great example of how our world was shaped today! Tom Standage explains history in a very chronological, visual, and simple way. While learning about history while reading his book, I gained more information about beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and coca-cola. To begin with, Tom Standage showed various amounts of symbolism in all of his six chapters while showing the history and origin behind each of them. Standage's first chapter revolved around the origin of beer and how beer evolved to what it is today. Beer symbolizes friendship and loyalty and at one point was considered the gateway to the Gods. Standage discussed how beer displayed the development of early migration, farming, and societies around Mesopotamia and Egypt. Standage also stated that beer was not considered invented like drinks today, beer was discovered and was a form of money and beer was even considered a religious offering. Standage then discussed wine that was a part of the Roman and Greek tradition. Wine was known as a drink that involved sophistication and power, …show more content…

Tea was considered a very common drink in Europe and was a very essential part in the industrial revolution and furthering the economics in Great Britain. Standage looked at tea from various perspectives for example, socially and economically to display the major impact that tea had. Tea showed an unforgettable cultural influence on Great Britain. Today tea is still a staple in everyday life in Great Britain and other countries. Tea is also known to have soothing factors and assist in lowering your blood sugar and helping other medical issues people may

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