According to the text A History of the World in 6 Glasses, the history of beer is linked to the growth of the first civilization due to the discovery of a property in cereal grains, a major ingredient in beer, that allowed them to be stored; in order to have accesses to the cereal grains needed for the production of beer, the hunter-gathers decided to stay in their place, the Fertile Crescent, hence the start of a civilization. The cereal grains and crops were plenteous throughout the Fertile Crescent; therefore, the families inhabiting the land were able to gather great quantiles of grain. Because the families didn’t want leave their harvested grains unattended and they wanted to ensure they didn’t miss the proper time to harvest the grains for future seasons. they established permanent settlements. When the hunter-gathers ran out of foodstuff, they used the cereal grains to make a thin broth known as gruel. On page fourteen and fifteen, Tom Standage informed us that gruel made with molten grain, a sweeter type of cereal grain, left out undergoes a transformation. In this transformation, according to the text, the gruel becomes “slightly fizzy and pleasantly intoxicating” causing the gruel to turn into beer. In the beginning of the chapter on beer, the author tells us that the drink grew to be the central of social, religious, and economic life.