AP World timeline.

The earliest evidence found of wine was in a pottery jar that comes from a Neolithic village in the Zargos Mountains. The probable origin of wine is showed in the biblical story of Noah. It is said that Noah planted the first vineyard here on the sloped of a mountain after the flood.

Around 3400 BCE writing first began to appear in Sumer where the recorded history of beer started. Drinking beer became a trademark of civilization in Mesopotamia. This trademark was apparent in a passage from the world's first great literary works, "The Epic of Gilgamesh". Enkidu's lack of familiarity with bread and beer demonstrated his naive nature. The Mesopotamian's saw not eating and drinking bread and beer as savage-like but once both are consumes they are seen as human.

After the death of one of Egypts earliest rulers, King Scorpion the first, he was buried with seven hundred jars of wine which was a very great expense to be imported. The King loved the taste of wine so much that they established their very own vineyards in the Nile Delta which resulted in limited domestic production by 3000 BCE.

As the pyramid's were being constructed, laborers were given rations of bread and beer (about three or four loaves of bread and two jugs of beer). Managers and officials overseeing the constructions often received much larger quantities of both bread and beer. Back then having an abundant amount of bread and beer was considered being prosperous and living a good life.

Documents from the reign of Sargon mention beer as a part of the a wedding payment from the grooms family to the brides family. More records show that women and children who've been working at the temple for a few days will get a payment in the form of beer. Slaves, prisoners of war, soldiers, policemen, and scribes also got payments of beer on occasions.

A list of medical recipes based on beer was written on a cuneiform tablet. This tablet is the oldest surviving record based on the use of alcohol in medicine. Beer had a link to health in Mesopotamia due to the fact that beer was less contaminated than non-boiled water. Beer also had the advantage that some ingredients dissolved more easily in it since it was boiled. Medicine now a days even contains some form of alcohol.

An Egyptian medical text called "The Ebers Papyrus" contains recipes for herbal remedies, where most involve beer. For example, "Half of an onion mixed with frothy beer was said to cure constipation" and "Powered olives mixed with beer cured indigestion."

The Assyrians developed wine drinking into a formal social ritual. In Assyria there was an Obelisk that shows Shalmaneser the third standing beneath a parasol while holding a bowl of wine in his hand while his other hand was on his sword. This obelisk showed drinking wine represented power, prosperity and privilege.

During harvest time in Acanthus, Spartan troops arrived at the city. This wine producing city feared for their grapes so they decide to hold a ballot and switch allegiances. The harvest proceeded and was unaffected.

Alexander the great and Philip the second were known for being heavy drinkers. Alexander even killed his friend while he was intoxicated. Also evidence shows abundant wine drinking contributed Alexander the greats death.

During the tang dynasty tea popularity during rapidly, this was shown when there was an first tax on tea. A book was later published on tea called "The Classic of tea". The wrote about how tea was made, prepared and drank. Tea became so popular thats parties and banquets centered the event about tea. A tradition later formed where every year the emperor was presented special "tribute teas".

A tea ceremony was taken to its greatest heights in Japan. The Chinese knowledge about tea was brought into Japan from a Buddhist monk named Eisai, who wrote a book on the health benefits of Tea. When Japans shogun Minamoto Sanetomo got sick, Eisai used the health properties of tea to heal him back to full strength. The shogun then promoted the drink and its became extremely popular in the country.

In Europe tea was not as popular as coffee was due to the price in the 17th century. It began as a luxury and as a medicinal drink in the Netherlands. Arguments formed whether or not there was actual health benefits. A doctor by the name of Simon Pauli published a tract saying tea had some health benefits but when it was transported from China, the tea became poisonous. Other doctors wrote books showing the opposite view of tea and its health benefits.

On Royal Naval Ships in the Caribbean Rum became a substitute for the traditional ration of beer. Rum wave extremely popular among sailors at this time. It became the preferred drink during long cruises. Admiral Edward Vernon issued an order that rum needs to be mixed with water so it isn't as intoxicating. Diluting the rum allowed the sailors to keep up a good performance for their job.

One man who liked coffee house discussions while he studied at oxford was Christopher Wren. He is remembered today as the architect of the St. Paul's Cathedral in London. He also was a founding member of the Royal Society, Britain's number one scientific institution. Many of the members would often go to coffee houses after the society's meetings to continue their discussions.

King Charles issued a "Proclamation for the suppression of Coffee-houses" due to the fact that the these establishments produce evil and dangerous effects. Another proclamation was issued saying that coffee sellers would be allowed to stay in business for six months if the paid five hundred pounds and swore an oath of allegiance. Soon the fees and time limit was soon dropped after the King realized he couldn't halt the march of coffee.

After a bunch of lectures on mathematics in a coffee house was given at the Marine's Coffee House, they started to be a popular spot to hold lectures. James Hodgson gave lectures about natural philosophy which he promised to provide "the best and surest Foundation for all useful knowledge". He used demonstrations and also started giving private lessons in coffee houses. These served as both commercial and scientific interests for all.

George Washington ran for election to Virginia's local assembly his team handed out 28 gallons of rum, 58 gallons of rum punch, 34 gallons of wine and 46 gallons of beer. Since spirits were a big cost back then distributing these drinks raised the stakes and showed Washington's power and wealth.

Smuggling tea into the american colonies and Britain was at its peak because of the British East India companies power. Smuggled tea appealed more because it was cheaper than legal tea. The colonists were smuggling tea from the Netherlands to avoid paying the duty imposed on tea imports by the government. Due to all the smuggling the company was losing money which therefore the company owed the government a lot of money. The result of the smuggling led to Tea Act of 1773.

General Henry Knox wrote a letter to George Washington emphasizing the importance of rum saying "Besides beef, pork, bread and flour, Rum is too material an article, to be omitted. No exertions ought to be spar'd to provide ample quantities of it."

The British East India Company was a company that traded many goods, Including tea. Tea became so popular that as a result of the control of tea trade the company had a major political influence that allowed it to have laws passed in its favor. Imports of tea from other European countries were banned smuggling of tea became common. After a bunch of wars that ended in the Dutch's defeat and the Dutch East India Company dissolving the British had almost complete control of the global tea trade.

With France in a financial crisis from supporting America in the Revolutionary War, coffee houses became centers of revolutionary ferment. An eye witness said coffeehouses "are not only crowded within, but other expectant crowds are at the doors and window." Listening to someone speak about the government and the war these coffee houses were packed to help figure out issues around the globe.

It was at the Cafe de Foy that a lawyer named Camille Desmoulins set the French revolution in motion. Crowds gathered around the coffee house to hear what he had to say. Soon revolutionaries stoked fears that the army would soon descend to massacre the crowd. Camille then leaped onto a table shouting the words "To arms, citizens! To arms!" with a pistol in his hand. Paris then shortly fell into chaos.

In 1791 a law was passed where distillers would have to pay every time each gallon of liquor was produced but in 1792 and 1794 congress amended these laws to reduce tax the tax on rural distillers. Farmers refused to pay up so Hamilton sent federal marshals to Pennsylvania to serve writs on farmers who refused to pay.

Violence begun after a farmer by the name of William Miller was served a writ to pay up. At a marshals party a shot was fired by one of Miller's associates. Though no one was hurt over the course of the next few days two groups formed. The marshals and a mob of armed "whiskey boys" that swelled to five hundreds very quickly. There were multiple deaths on both sides of the fight.

Wiley put Coca-Cola on trial in a federal case called "The United States V. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola". Religious fundamentalists argued that this caffeinated beverage promoted sex and other desires.The month long trial ended in Coca-Colas because it was founded on moral objections not scientific ones.

Throughout the 1930s Coca-Cola faced many challenges. The end of prohibition, The Great Depression and the rise of a rival competitor Pepsi-Cola. The company thought the end of prohibition would drastically alter the sales but in the end there was very little effect. Even during the depression sales nearly dropped because it was affordable and could be drunk at all times of the day.

During World War 2, the United States was relatively in isolation. They were helping countries but never got into the fights until the attack on Pearl Harbor. The attack led by Japan put an end to America's isolation and sent armed forces into the world, more than six million servicemen and Coca-Cola went with them. The president of the Coca-Cola Company issued an order saying "every man in uniform gets a bottle of Coca-Cola for five cents, wherever he is, and whatever it cost the company."

After Nixon was defeated in the race of California's governor, He joined Pepsi' law firm and became their ambassador overseas. Nixon helped kick start production of Pepsi-Cola in Romania and Russia. Though Pepsi started to get big they couldn't compete when Coca-Cola had an agreement that it would be the official soft drink of the Olympics. Which they were later rebuffed due to a boycotting of the Olympic games.

When the Berlin Wall fell, East Germans streamed through cracks and on the other side were greeted with Coca-Cola. East Germans than agreed to buy a crate from Coca-Cola bottling plant in west Berlin. After basically being in captivity for years East Berliners were introduced to televisions, refrigerators and other consumer products, but Coca-Cola was most eagerly sought out by the East Berliners.

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