HIST 3109 Lecture : Sept10_Lecture 1_Intro.docx

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Alcohol: when sugars, mainly fructose, are attacked by yeast in order to convert it to alcohol by process of fermentation. Evidence of alcohol can be traced back to 7000bc. First found an alcoholic cocktail in china, contained beer and wine (barely based product + fruit based) Even though this is first evidence, must have been made before this time. Likely wine as it was easier to make and occurs naturally when there is overripe fruit fallen to the ground and yeasts attracted (eg. murula fruit trees in africadrunk elephants) Found liquid wine in china in bronze jars. Virtually disappears when exposed to oxygen, do not know alcohol % Initially beer was more popular than wine because: Harder to farm grapes, and can only harvest once a year. Beer was produced by women for their families, once a week usually. Wine more expensive than beer, drank mostly by the elite. Can trace production of wine from middle east->eastern cast (lebanon)->mediteraean->cryte.

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