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Alcohol was first developed in the murky, fossilized past called “prehistory,” but by the time “civilization” began, with writing, agriculture, and irrigation, alcohol was being produced on a commercial scale (at least by Mesopotamian standards). Some people grew the grain, other people made the booze, others yet shaped or cast the containers to preserve it, and everyone, working together, reaped the benefits. This has spurred a tantalizing question: was society created by a collective need for reliable food sources or from a general interest in getting tipsy?
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