I'd post sample questions to consider, but how about we just start with "what do you think of this argument? Is it valid, do you think? Why or why not?"
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When I read this article I found it funny that beer was made by mistake. Also at the end of the article it said that the upper class Sumerians used gold and lapis-lazuli straws. I thought that those were interesting materials to drink out of.
I found the theory that Ancient Sumerians settled down in order to make beer highly unlikely and ridiculous, especially because bread was used to make the first beer. I also found it interesting that the creation of beer was most likely accidental, yet it does not seem like an unlikely discovery. In these ancient times, there were few food preservation methods, and certainly no refrigerators. Likewise, it seems rational that dough would be left out for a period of several days and allowed to ferment. Also, beer making takes time, patience, irrigation systems, and a surplus of grains. All of these were in short supply before civilization, during the days of hunting and gathering. I find it to be most likely that civilization developed first, and that beer was just an exciting accident. Although beer ferments on its own in nature, I do not believe that this contributed to the onset of civilization. Obviously beer is not essential for survival, therefore I do not believe that hunters and gatherers, with limited resources and mouths to feed, would put beer-making at the top of their to-do list and it certainly would not cause such a dramatic lifestyle change.
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