{"product_id":"beer-a-global-journey-through-the-past-and-present","title":"Beer: A Global Journey Through the Past and Present (Like New)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA serious book for anyone who thinks beer deserves more than a passing glance. Archaeologist John W. Arthur traces beer from its origins 13,000 years ago through to the modern craft movement — covering its role in agriculture, ancient economies, public works, ritual life, and indigenous cultures across six continents. Less a drinking guide than a cultural history, it belongs on the shelf next to your best bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCondition: Like New. One copy available.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeer is and has always been more than an intoxicating beverage. Ancient beer produced in the Near East, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas was a food that had a remarkable role in shaping the development of agriculture and some of the earliest state-level societies. Its invention 13,000 years ago was one of the fundamental motivations for the domestication of grains around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn early states, the control over technological knowledge and resources to produce beer contributed to social hierarchies. Beer even likely provided the capital to motivate laborers to construct the ancient pyramids and other large-scale public works. The fermentation of beer also provided a healthy and safe alternative to contaminated drinking water in early states, and it continues to do so among rural Indigenous populations today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBeer\u003c\/em\u003e, Arthur takes readers on a global journey to explore the origins, development, and recipes of ancient beer — highlighting four themes: innovating new technologies, ensuring health and well-being, building economic and political statuses, and imbuing life with ritual and religious connections.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BikesBeerNMore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50072545231147,"sku":"","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/7408\/5931\/files\/Beer-JohnAuthur.jpg?v=1735225360","url":"https:\/\/www.bikesbeernmore.com\/products\/beer-a-global-journey-through-the-past-and-present","provider":"BikesBeerNMore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}