The rise of agriculture has been pointed to as being

everywhere daily.

The rise of agriculture has been pointed to as being responsible for the

rise of civilization as we know it.

However, that raises the question, what was responsible for the rise of agriculture?

In particular, at least in the Middle East with the cultivation of grain,

the debate has always been between which came first,

beer or bread.

Learn more about the great Beer versus Bread debate and which was responsible for the rise of civilization

on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. If someone were to just ask you which came first beer or bread bread. Most people would probably respond

bread and with good reason. Bread is a form of food and beer is something that

isn't really a necessity. Sure it's probably nice to have but beer doesn't seem like something which would drive the

rise of agriculture, let alone civilization. In fact, given how most people react to beer,

it seems like something that would probably get in the way of civilization, not grow it.

The question of which came first, beer or bread, is actually a very tricky one.

For starters, I'm only going to be focusing on the development of agriculture in the Middle East and the fertile crescent.

Agriculture independently arose in several different places around the world.

This includes places such as Papua New Guinea, Peru, and the Indus Valley.

I'll be talking about the rise of agriculture

in those other places in future episodes.

But for this episode, I'm going to focus on the places which

first harness grains such as wheat, which means the Middle East in Egypt.

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