For thousands of years, humans have been embracing the effects of alcohol, In Ancient Greece, for example, the art of wine making was perfected as early as 2000 BC, with a Goddess even devoted to the alcoholic beverage, Meanwhile, In India, people were distilling a drink called sura from rice almost 1,000 years earlier, Similarly, the Babylonians had a wine goddess of their own and regularly drank to her health from 2700 BC onwards, In many ways, alcohol was the great leveler, it wasn’t just the lowest classes of society who drank to get drunk, kings, queens and rulers did too, And they have carried on doing so ever since, It’s far from surprising, then, that key moments in world history occurred while the protagonists were under the influence.
In some cases, alcohol was a blessing, helping notable individuals from history achieve greatness, At other times, of course, it was more of a curse, causing chaos, Either way, the place of booze cannot be ignored, And so here we have just ten episodes from world history where alcohol played a part, Sit back, pour yourself a cold drink and learn more…
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