The Story of Beer

History Lesson: The Story of Beer MANOLITH.com 600series.net/infoshot ????? BC: Man discovers fermentation, and brews the first beer. c. 9,000 BC Neolithic revolution: humans evolve from 9000 BC NECLITHIC AGE hunter-gatherers to agricultrual life. Experts debate: was beer or bread the reason? 7000 BC c. 7,000 BC Neolithic proto-writing c. 7,000 BC: Oldest known archaeological evidence of brewing. c. 3,500 BC: Oldest known chemical evidence of beer. c. 3,000 BC: Invention of the written word in Sumer. Beer recipe found among earliest Sumerian tablets. 5000 BC 2,400 BC Sumerians invent the 3000 BC straw to c. 2,900 BC: Recipe for beer included in Sumerian poem to Ninsaki, the patron goddess of brewing BRONZE AGE drink beer without the leftover solids from 2000 BC 1,760 BC: standards for brewing and serving beer included in the Code of Hammurabi brewing. c. 1,300-1,000 BC: In The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the first known works of fiction, the wild man Endiku 1500 BC IRON AGE "drank seven pitchers of beer, his heart grew light, his face glowed and he sang out with joy." "He was a wise man who invented beer." Plato 1000 BC 500 BC CLASSICAL ERA 510 BC - 476 AD: The rise of the Greek and Roman empires bring about a "Dark Age of Beer" in the Western world. Classical Greeks and Romans called beer a barbarian's drink, while wine was considered ambrosia of the Gods. Beer was only brewed in outlying areas by peasantry and non-assimilated cultures like the Ostrogoths and Celts. el BEER + SCIENCE BEER + RELIGION BEER + LITERATURE BEER FACTS History Lesson: The Story of Beer MANOLITH.com 600series.net/infoshot ????? BC: Man discovers fermentation, and brews the first beer. c. 9,000 BC Neolithic revolution: humans evolve from 9000 BC NECLITHIC AGE hunter-gatherers to agricultrual life. Experts debate: was beer or bread the reason? 7000 BC c. 7,000 BC Neolithic proto-writing c. 7,000 BC: Oldest known archaeological evidence of brewing. c. 3,500 BC: Oldest known chemical evidence of beer. c. 3,000 BC: Invention of the written word in Sumer. Beer recipe found among earliest Sumerian tablets. 5000 BC 2,400 BC Sumerians invent the 3000 BC straw to c. 2,900 BC: Recipe for beer included in Sumerian poem to Ninsaki, the patron goddess of brewing BRONZE AGE drink beer without the leftover solids from 2000 BC 1,760 BC: standards for brewing and serving beer included in the Code of Hammurabi brewing. c. 1,300-1,000 BC: In The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the first known works of fiction, the wild man Endiku 1500 BC IRON AGE "drank seven pitchers of beer, his heart grew light, his face glowed and he sang out with joy." "He was a wise man who invented beer." Plato 1000 BC 500 BC CLASSICAL ERA 510 BC - 476 AD: The rise of the Greek and Roman empires bring about a "Dark Age of Beer" in the Western world. Classical Greeks and Romans called beer a barbarian's drink, while wine was considered ambrosia of the Gods. Beer was only brewed in outlying areas by peasantry and non-assimilated cultures like the Ostrogoths and Celts. el BEER + SCIENCE BEER + RELIGION BEER + LITERATURE BEER FACTS History Lesson: The Story of Beer MANOLITH.com 600series.net/infoshot ????? BC: Man discovers fermentation, and brews the first beer. c. 9,000 BC Neolithic revolution: humans evolve from 9000 BC NECLITHIC AGE hunter-gatherers to agricultrual life. Experts debate: was beer or bread the reason? 7000 BC c. 7,000 BC Neolithic proto-writing c. 7,000 BC: Oldest known archaeological evidence of brewing. c. 3,500 BC: Oldest known chemical evidence of beer. c. 3,000 BC: Invention of the written word in Sumer. Beer recipe found among earliest Sumerian tablets. 5000 BC 2,400 BC Sumerians invent the 3000 BC straw to c. 2,900 BC: Recipe for beer included in Sumerian poem to Ninsaki, the patron goddess of brewing BRONZE AGE drink beer without the leftover solids from 2000 BC 1,760 BC: standards for brewing and serving beer included in the Code of Hammurabi brewing. c. 1,300-1,000 BC: In The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the first known works of fiction, the wild man Endiku 1500 BC IRON AGE "drank seven pitchers of beer, his heart grew light, his face glowed and he sang out with joy." "He was a wise man who invented beer." Plato 1000 BC 500 BC CLASSICAL ERA 510 BC - 476 AD: The rise of the Greek and Roman empires bring about a "Dark Age of Beer" in the Western world. Classical Greeks and Romans called beer a barbarian's drink, while wine was considered ambrosia of the Gods. Beer was only brewed in outlying areas by peasantry and non-assimilated cultures like the Ostrogoths and Celts. el BEER + SCIENCE BEER + RELIGION BEER + LITERATURE BEER FACTS History Lesson: The Story of Beer MANOLITH.com 600series.net/infoshot ????? BC: Man discovers fermentation, and brews the first beer. c. 9,000 BC Neolithic revolution: humans evolve from 9000 BC NECLITHIC AGE hunter-gatherers to agricultrual life. Experts debate: was beer or bread the reason? 7000 BC c. 7,000 BC Neolithic proto-writing c. 7,000 BC: Oldest known archaeological evidence of brewing. c. 3,500 BC: Oldest known chemical evidence of beer. c. 3,000 BC: Invention of the written word in Sumer. Beer recipe found among earliest Sumerian tablets. 5000 BC 2,400 BC Sumerians invent the 3000 BC straw to c. 2,900 BC: Recipe for beer included in Sumerian poem to Ninsaki, the patron goddess of brewing BRONZE AGE drink beer without the leftover solids from 2000 BC 1,760 BC: standards for brewing and serving beer included in the Code of Hammurabi brewing. c. 1,300-1,000 BC: In The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the first known works of fiction, the wild man Endiku 1500 BC IRON AGE "drank seven pitchers of beer, his heart grew light, his face glowed and he sang out with joy." "He was a wise man who invented beer." Plato 1000 BC 500 BC CLASSICAL ERA 510 BC - 476 AD: The rise of the Greek and Roman empires bring about a "Dark Age of Beer" in the Western world. Classical Greeks and Romans called beer a barbarian's drink, while wine was considered ambrosia of the Gods. Beer was only brewed in outlying areas by peasantry and non-assimilated cultures like the Ostrogoths and Celts. el BEER + SCIENCE BEER + RELIGION BEER + LITERATURE BEER FACTS History Lesson: The Story of Beer MANOLITH.com 600series.net/infoshot ????? BC: Man discovers fermentation, and brews the first beer. c. 9,000 BC Neolithic revolution: humans evolve from 9000 BC NECLITHIC AGE hunter-gatherers to agricultrual life. Experts debate: was beer or bread the reason? 7000 BC c. 7,000 BC Neolithic proto-writing c. 7,000 BC: Oldest known archaeological evidence of brewing. c. 3,500 BC: Oldest known chemical evidence of beer. c. 3,000 BC: Invention of the written word in Sumer. Beer recipe found among earliest Sumerian tablets. 5000 BC 2,400 BC Sumerians invent the 3000 BC straw to c. 2,900 BC: Recipe for beer included in Sumerian poem to Ninsaki, the patron goddess of brewing BRONZE AGE drink beer without the leftover solids from 2000 BC 1,760 BC: standards for brewing and serving beer included in the Code of Hammurabi brewing. c. 1,300-1,000 BC: In The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the first known works of fiction, the wild man Endiku 1500 BC IRON AGE "drank seven pitchers of beer, his heart grew light, his face glowed and he sang out with joy." "He was a wise man who invented beer." Plato 1000 BC 500 BC CLASSICAL ERA 510 BC - 476 AD: The rise of the Greek and Roman empires bring about a "Dark Age of Beer" in the Western world. Classical Greeks and Romans called beer a barbarian's drink, while wine was considered ambrosia of the Gods. Beer was only brewed in outlying areas by peasantry and non-assimilated cultures like the Ostrogoths and Celts. el BEER + SCIENCE BEER + RELIGION BEER + LITERATURE BEER FACTS History Lesson: The Story of Beer MANOLITH.com 600series.net/infoshot ????? BC: Man discovers fermentation, and brews the first beer. c. 9,000 BC Neolithic revolution: humans evolve from 9000 BC NECLITHIC AGE hunter-gatherers to agricultrual life. Experts debate: was beer or bread the reason? 7000 BC c. 7,000 BC Neolithic proto-writing c. 7,000 BC: Oldest known archaeological evidence of brewing. c. 3,500 BC: Oldest known chemical evidence of beer. c. 3,000 BC: Invention of the written word in Sumer. Beer recipe found among earliest Sumerian tablets. 5000 BC 2,400 BC Sumerians invent the 3000 BC straw to c. 2,900 BC: Recipe for beer included in Sumerian poem to Ninsaki, the patron goddess of brewing BRONZE AGE drink beer without the leftover solids from 2000 BC 1,760 BC: standards for brewing and serving beer included in the Code of Hammurabi brewing. c. 1,300-1,000 BC: In The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the first known works of fiction, the wild man Endiku 1500 BC IRON AGE "drank seven pitchers of beer, his heart grew light, his face glowed and he sang out with joy." "He was a wise man who invented beer." Plato 1000 BC 500 BC CLASSICAL ERA 510 BC - 476 AD: The rise of the Greek and Roman empires bring about a "Dark Age of Beer" in the Western world. Classical Greeks and Romans called beer a barbarian's drink, while wine was considered ambrosia of the Gods. Beer was only brewed in outlying areas by peasantry and non-assimilated cultures like the Ostrogoths and Celts. el BEER + SCIENCE BEER + RELIGION BEER + LITERATURE BEER FACTS History Lesson: The Story of Beer MANOLITH.com 600series.net/infoshot ????? BC: Man discovers fermentation, and brews the first beer. c. 9,000 BC Neolithic revolution: humans evolve from 9000 BC NECLITHIC AGE hunter-gatherers to agricultrual life. Experts debate: was beer or bread the reason? 7000 BC c. 7,000 BC Neolithic proto-writing c. 7,000 BC: Oldest known archaeological evidence of brewing. c. 3,500 BC: Oldest known chemical evidence of beer. c. 3,000 BC: Invention of the written word in Sumer. Beer recipe found among earliest Sumerian tablets. 5000 BC 2,400 BC Sumerians invent the 3000 BC straw to c. 2,900 BC: Recipe for beer included in Sumerian poem to Ninsaki, the patron goddess of brewing BRONZE AGE drink beer without the leftover solids from 2000 BC 1,760 BC: standards for brewing and serving beer included in the Code of Hammurabi brewing. c. 1,300-1,000 BC: In The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the first known works of fiction, the wild man Endiku 1500 BC IRON AGE "drank seven pitchers of beer, his heart grew light, his face glowed and he sang out with joy." "He was a wise man who invented beer." Plato 1000 BC 500 BC CLASSICAL ERA 510 BC - 476 AD: The rise of the Greek and Roman empires bring about a "Dark Age of Beer" in the Western world. Classical Greeks and Romans called beer a barbarian's drink, while wine was considered ambrosia of the Gods. Beer was only brewed in outlying areas by peasantry and non-assimilated cultures like the Ostrogoths and Celts. el BEER + SCIENCE BEER + RELIGION BEER + LITERATURE BEER FACTS