Καλλιέργεια αμπέλου και παραγωγή οίνου στην περιοχή της Μεσοποταμίας
Date Issued
July 5, 2024
Type
Πτυχιακή Εργασία
Abstract
Studying winemaking in the Mesopotamia region helps to understand a diverse people. The prominent position of wine, in this particular area, is perceived as it was not lacking on any occasion and this is proven by the dozens of wine vessels that have been found. The wild vine (Vitis vinifera sylvestris) was never seen in ancient Egypt. Nevertheless, a prominent royal winemaking industry flourished in the broad alluvial plains of the Nile delta at least as early as the Third Dynasty (c. 2700 BC), at the beginning of the First Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. We may be able to trace the time of the first transplanting of the first domesticated vines to Egypt, and to show the prehistoric background of the developing industry, which eventually spread on a full scale to the Nile Delta and the extensive western oases. The answers to these interesting questions form important perspectives for understanding the emergence and development of one of the first literate cultures on our planet. Our understanding of the prehistoric background of the wine industry in the Nile Delta is being advanced by the discovery of around 700 vessels of imported wine, which were buried in a tomb of one of Egypt's first kings, in the area of Abydos. This particular king, known as the Scorpion, according to archaeological reports, is associated with the early history of Egypt.
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