I thought it was interesting how at one time wine was a only a drink for the wealthy. Also it was a drink that could have been offered to the Gods but "gradually" over a small amount of time "hundreds of years compared to thousands of years" wine became widespread. This was interesting to me because this still goes on today. Mostly with the technology that we have today. For example, at one time a mobile phones were only for people who had the extra money to buy one. It is amazing how when something becomes popular it spreads like wild fire. But now it is a necessity and it is hard to find somebody without a mobile phone. Another thing I thought was interesting was the amount of money and the time Ashurnasirpal spent on the feast.
Posted by N. Claiborne
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I think it's funny that a "little amount of time" is over hundreds of years and only in certain spots.
ReplyDeleteYeah I agree with your post, I also thought that it was interesting how at first wine was just supose to be for the rich or the elite groups of people, but overtime it trickeled down to everyone. However though I will have to say that in many cases even today I think that wine is thought of as a drink of the "proper" or "civilized" person. Were as beer is still thought of as a drink for your everyday joe so to speak. I just think that it's funny how even over thousands of years in someways some standards are still placed on certain things...
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