From when does one recite Shema in the evenings? From the time the kohanim enter to eat their terumah... Why does [the Mishnah] take the evening [Shema] first? It learns from the creation of the world, as it is written “and there was evening and there was morning.”
On the daf / in context: The opening sugya of Berachos asks why the Mishnah begins with the evening Shema. The answer is the narrative order of creation itself: evening precedes morning.
Type of Learning: Middah #12 of the 13 (davar ha-lamed me-inyano) — order of Shema learned from creation sequenceWhat Is Learned: The order “evening then morning” in creation justifies beginning the discussion of Shema with the evening.