In this course, we will examine how food has helped shape human societies from ancient times through the modern era. Using an array of secondary and primary sources, we will explore food production, circulation, and consumption practices. We will analyze the role of food in social, cultural, and political developments across the world with a particular interest in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic worlds. The course is designed (mostly) chronologically. Each week has a thematic focus such as religion, trade, sociability, travel, identity and gender to use a particular lens for framing the historical developments. These themes overlap; for example, we will discuss sociability and identity throughout the course. We will analyze the relationship between food and history by zooming in on the regional histories and zooming out to the global transformations such as the Columbian Exchange, colonization, industrialization, and nationalism. In addition, we will focus on many foodstuffs and beverages in the context of specific themes and periods. For instance, we will talk about coffee and alcoholic drinks with a particular reference to sociability and the early modern period.