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10,000 BCE
Beer discovery
Beer was discovered in an area known as the Fertile Crescent. People began to collect grains, harvest them, and store them. The switch to a nomadic lifestyle instead of hunting and gathering began then. -
9000 BCE
The switch of living
The switch of how people lived was in full swing. Instead of hunting and gathering people began to create villages and stay where they were. They began to plant crops, make homes, and domesticate animals. They started to increase their population and really build a life for themselves. -
4300 BCE
Growing villages
Villages began to grow becoming large towns and then cities. At the center of each city there were large fields that had irrigation systems that provided food for the villages and towns. -
3400 BCE
Writing systems
By around 3400 BCE people started to use flat clay tablets that fit into the palm of a hand. They were most commonly divided into columns and then rectangles. Each rectangle had symbols that meant something. Each symbol was either carved from a stylus, or a token that was pressed into the the clay. This is what people started to use as a way to document things. For example, they would document what plants they grew as well as information about their beer. -
2500 BCE
Payment
As beer became more popular it started to be used as a payment for people who worked. For example, during this time the Giza Pyramid was built for King Menkaure, and many of the workers building the pyramid were paid with bread and beer. -
870 BCE
Feast
When Ashurnasirpal was emperor he had a feast in which he hosted about 70,000 people. He fed thousands of animals to all of the people, and gave out 10,000 skins of wine. This was to demonstrate that he had a wealthy empire. Previously, wine could only be gotten in small quantities and it showed a large amount of wealth to have lots of it. -
323 BCE
Alexander the Great
It is said that both Alexander the Great and his father were very heavy drinkers. In fact, Alexander was known to have done some bad things when he was drunk. For example, when Alexander and his friend Clitus were both drunk, they got into a fight which ended in the death of Clitus by Alexander. It is also said that there may be some evidence that Alexander died of heavy wine drinking, along with a mysterious illness. -
170 BCE
Wine tasting
It is said that one of the greatest wine tastings was in the imperial cellars in Rome. They are said to have been some of the nicest wines that were available. The collections were made by old emperors who were very wealthy and cost didn't matter. In this collection, a personal doctor for the emperor Marcus Aurelius searched to find the best wine in the world. He wanted to use the wine to cure common colds, as well as to heal wounds. -
146 BCE
Romes power
After the fall of Carthage in Northern Africa as well as the Greek city of Corinth, Rome became the leading power in the Mediterranean. Romes population grew tremendously as well, during the time that they were the leading power. They went from 100,000 to about 1 million. -
87 BCE
Life or death
A roman politician Marcus Antonius who was a supporter of Sulla was stuck in a rough position. Gaius Marius was seeking all supporters of Sulla and Marcus was one of them. Hoping for safety, Marcus went to stay in a person's house who worked with him and wasn't as wealthy. However, when the host's servant went out to get wine, he asked for a much too expensive wine, which gave away Marcus's location. Later, soldiers came to the house and after much delay, Marcus Antonius was beheaded -
1386
Miracle cure
Charles the Second of Navarre came down with a fever as well as paralysis, so many doctors were brought in to treat him. The doctors decided to give him a medicine that was considered to be "miraculously healing." It was called Aqua Vitae and was made during the process of distilling wine. This medicine was very flammable and the king ended up dying when his sheets caught fire from the medication and he burned to death. After this Aqua Vitae eventually became a recreational drink. -
1493
Sugar and Slaves
After Columbus found the new land, he believed it would be perfect land for growing sugar. On the second trip he took to the new lands he brought sugar cane from the Canary Islands. When the production of sugar began, they needed people to work the fields and do the manual labor. When they tried to enslave the people who lived there, they quickly realized there was a problem. Since they lived there they we more susceptible to sickness, so they starting importing black slaves. -
1557
Trading post
After a long time the Chinese eventually let the Portuguese set up a trading post. It was in the small peninsula in Canton Estuary called Macao. All shipped goods had to go through this trading post. The creation of this trading post meant the Chinese could tax people and they had less contact with foreigners. Other Europeans could not have any contact with the Chinese at all. -
Teas outcome
Tea had good and bad outcomes. The doctor of the king of Denmark named Simon Pauli, published a tract that had information on tea's effects. He said that tea had more negative than positive effects. For example, tea has some medical benefits, which is good because that means that it could help people sometimes. But, he also said that when the tea was transported from China it became poisonous and was not good for you, especially if you were older. -
Coffee house
The first coffee house was opened by a servant of Daniel Edwards named Pasqua Rosee. Edwards liked the coffee and enjoyed a cup made by Rosee, several times a day. Edwards liked to share it with his friends in London. Both Edwards and his friends enjoyed it so much that Edwards decided to set Rosee up as a coffee seller. Eventually Rosee's business launched and he had a successful business. -
Tea imports in East Indies
The first tea imports came to the East Indies. When that happened tea started to become easier to get. It was being sold and imported all over and was easily available along with other goods. Items like pepper and cheap textiles were being exported from Asia. Britain textile producers were not as popular so they encouraged the importation of tea. -
Health grounds
When France opened its first coffee house it was attacked by wine merchants who were worried about how coffee would impact their lives. They were worried that they would start losing money and not have much to live off of if coffee became popular. So the merchants claimed that coffee was a "vile worthless foreign novelty", and they tried to shut the coffee house down. The attack did not do anything to the coffee shop, and throughout Paris, coffee shops thrived and became very popular. -
Coffee house discussions
Many discussions took place in a coffee house. Most people went to coffee houses for conversational purposes. One particular discussion between three men was about space, and they came up with the theory of gravity. They wondered what the relationship was with planets and the gravitation force, and if it was consistent. This eventually became a huge thing and the three men fought over who came up with the idea. -
Coffee exports
In France there began to be coffee exports, and the demand for coffee became very high. France started to have to ship extra coffee from places like Marseilles. Arabian coffee wasn't able to compete with this, and once again was not able to thrive. -
Molasses act
A new law was passed in London called the Molasses Act. This gave a tax of sixpence per gallon on molasses imported from France. The idea was that people would start buying from British because they didn't have this tax. The British sugar exports did not have as much as France, which is why they were known as being a better place. So what they would have to do is cut the production of both sugar exports and raise the price of the molasses. -
Spinning Frame
The Spinning Frame was starting to be developed and was going to be used to make spinning tread easier and faster. They already had the Spinning Jenny, which needed a skilled operator. However, the Spinning Frame was a machine that was powered and did not need humans to help. A clock maker and a British inventor worked on this invention. This invention then led to a spinning mill that was powered by horses, and made it much easier to do the work they had to do. -
War
The Sugar Act brought on a lot of other new acts, for example the stamp act in 1765 and the Townsend Acts in 1767. They also had the Tea Act of 1773 and that led to the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Eventually people's anger about all of these things along with a big contribution of rum ended up causing the the revolutionary war. -
French Revolution
In the Cafe De Foy the French Revolution began. Camille Demolitions a lawyer went into the cafe and talked to crowds that had gathered. He was the only person from government that the people trusted. There was fear that the army would be sent to get rid of the angry crowd, and so Camille jumped onto a table and began to shout "To arms, citizens! To arms!" People followed him with anger, and two days later Bastille was invaded by the large angry mob, beginning the french revolution. -
Whiskey boys
When at a party hosted by William Miller there was a spring of violence when Miller received a writ. The federal government sent out writs for people who would not pay taxes the law asked. The law said that for each gallon of liquor produced they had to pay at least 7 cents tax. That night at the marshals party there was a gun shot fired, nobody was hurt but after there was a group of around 500 people called the "whiskey boys." These people fought to not have to pay these taxes. -
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Opium war
This was a short war that was one sided. It ended quickly because the European weapons were very good and dominated the others. This surprised the Chinese since they were not expecting their weapons to be so good. In the first real battle 2 british warships alone demolished 29 Chinese ships. As well as on land the Chinese's older weapons could not compete with the British guns. After taking over Hong Kong and many other city's, the Chinese surrendered and signed a peace treat with the Europeans. -
Soda machines
James Tufts invented a 30 feet high arctic soda machine in 1876 that he showed at a centennial exposition in Philadelphia. It was run by waiters and was so big that it had to be kept in a building designed for it. This machine brought in a lot of business for Tufts, and the soda market became more popular. Other inventors started making soda machines too. When their business grew, they would sell them to other firms. Just like that, soda was huge. -
Coca cola
A pharmacist name John Pemberton created a drink called coca cola, this drink is one of the most popular in the world today. When John was trying to create a medication that could cure headaches he mixed together ingredients creating what is now coca cola. When he mixed the ingredients he got a caramel colored liquid, he then mixed it with soda water. Which at the time was used in medications for people. This drink was sweet and fizzy and later on it became known as coca cola. -
Good reputation
The Atlanta Journal gave coca cola a very good review, they published the following: "Coca -Cola Delicious! Refreshing! Exhilarating! Invigorating!". This helped it really take off and people's interests were peaked from this review to try this new and amazing drink. Since it was not alcoholic it was good for both kids and adults. All in all this drink was perfect and it really took off. -
Berlin wall
When the Berlin Wall fell, along with it came communism and the Soviet Union. When the wall fell and everyone was walking over it, they were all greeted with a Coca Cola. Pepsi was then seen as a local drink where as Coca Cola was seen as a special and foreign drink. After that when people drank Coca Cola they saw it as a symbol of freedom. And finally Coca Cola over took Pepsi and was known as the most popular cola that was sold. -
Finally in bottles
A man named Candler had always been against bottling drinks. Eventually he let two businessmen named Benjamin Thomas and Joseph Whitehead bottle and sell Coca Cola. At first Candler didn't think this would get anywhere, so he did not make the 2 pay for the bottling rights and they only had to buy the syrup. Then just like that bottling took off, and bottled coke made all new markets and stores. It brought in a lot of business, was more convenient, and other people made a profit too.
