Fermentation In Different Civilizations

Life as we know it today would not be where it is if people did not stumble upon fermentation. Ancient civilians did not have the knowledge that current people today have, however, at points in history, people came across a few different foods and beverages to ferment. Discovery of fermentation lead groups of people to settle in one area and start to build a steady civilization The general process of fermentation is almost the same for each item. Beer, bread, and cheese are just a few examples of products recorded. Storage of these products are different because, they can either be a solid or a liquid. After beer, bread, and cheese were fermented, steady civilizations erupted and the economy increased. Without fermentation civilizations would not have been able to withstand some of the troubling times in history. Generally, “during fermentation organic matter is decomposed in the absence of air (oxygen); hence, there is always an accumulation of reduction products, or incomplete oxidation products. There are also many microbiological processes that go on in the presence of air while yielding incomplete oxidation products” (Van Niel). Depending on the item being fermented, substances normally

This would cause the survival of the fittest. People who were either weak and/or sick were not be able to get as much food, unlike people who were strong and able to work. Civilians that were able to work were given better quality and more food than others because, strong folks could support the community while the others were indirectly hurting it. To survive the cold weather and season people would store the food and drinks in certain containers so it would last much longer than normal. This became highly important to the growth and development of civilizations. With growth and development comes the growth of economic