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wine is a rich people thing in mesopotamia and king scorpion had a big ol banquet bragging about how he was rich by providing 10,000 things of wine

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suuuper religious

beer and it’s solid version (bread) was literally EVERYTHING to them

in hieroglyphs you can tell what beer is even as a non specialist

robbers

this chapter was the beginning of beer, how it shaped civilization. the author seems to think farming for wheat (for beer) caused the start of civilized populations.

beer shaped everything

drinks have always been connection between people (references to past and future similar rituals/traditions)