![]() ![]() In the second section of the book, Standage turns his attention to wine in the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. He also notes the part beer played in the movement from a hunter-gatherer way of life to an agricultural one, and in the development of the first systems of writing and accountancy. ![]() Beer has always been a social drink, and Standage points to the way that raising a glass to someone’s health is a continuation one of the earliest traditions associated with beer. ![]() Beginning with the discovery of beer and its uses in Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt, Standage discusses the variety of different uses these cultures had for this drink-as well as quenching thirst, it was used as a form of currency and as an offering to the gods in religious ritual. ![]()
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