Wine although adopted in Christianity as a ritual drink is prohibited in Islam. Wine is a ritual drink of Christianity because Christ offered the wine to his disciples and the Last Supper. On the other hand Muslims believe that wine should be prohibited because it is said in their culture it's a drink created by Satan. As stated in the text “Wine and games of chance... are Abomination devised by Satan” (Standage 87). In conclusion wine is a ritual drink of Christianity because Christ offered it at the Last Supper but it's prohibited in Islam because Stated wine is an Abomination devised by Satan. Wine had played a large role at the symposisions in ancient Greek. Wine was drank to honor the Greek gods, fallen heroes, and to Zeus. …show more content…
A convivium was a Roman banquet where drinkers would be served different wines depending on their social status. As stated in the text “...drinkers at a Roman banquet, or convivium, would be served different wines depending on their position in society “ (Standage 77). In conclusions a convivium is a Roman banquet where drinkers would be treated upon their social status.
Christians drink wine but Muslims do not. Christians drink wine since it was served at the Last Supper, while Muslims don't because they believed it was created by Satan and it ruins their body. As stated in the text “Christ offering of wine to his disciples at the Last Supper led to its role in the Eucharist…” (Standage 85). In conclusion Christians drink wine because Christ offered it at the last supper and muslims don’t because they believed it was created by satan to harm your
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Arabic texts had to be translated into Latin, this would lead to globalization since ideas from all over Europe could now be shared. As stated in the text “Knowledge of distillation was one of many aspects of the ancient wisdom that was preserved and extended by Arab Scholars and, having been translated from Arabic into Latin, helped to rekindle the spirit of learning in Western Europe” (Standage 95). In conclusion The discovery of destillisation was important to the rebirth of Science in Europe because it help Advanced chemistry. Spirits and other alcohols encouraged Europeans to colonise North America.
European had expected that North America would have similar climates to Europe so they expected that they could grow similar crops like spirits. As stated in the text “English hoped that the American colonies once established would be able to supply Mediterranean Goods such as olives and fruit and reduce England's dependence on imports from Continental Europe” (Standage 112-113). In conclusion spirits and other alcoholic drinks encouraged Europeans to colonize North America since they expected that it would grow well in North America.
In the 18th century spirits helped Britain have a more superior navy than France.
They felt that if the liquor industry was shut out that Americans would spend their hard earned money in the clothing, food, and shoe industries therefore boosting the American economy. Many felt, “Seeing what a sober nation can do is indeed a noble experiment and one that has never yet been tried,” (Crowther, 11). Prohibition was a test of the strength of the nation and an attempt at cleaning up society’s evils. These reformers denounce alcohol as a danger to society as well as to the human body. Some ethnic hopes of prohibition was to regulate the foreigners whose backgrounds consisted on the use of alcohol for religious purposes.
The Roman writer and naturalist Pliny the Elder, in his treatise Naturalis Historia states “there is nothing more useful than wine for strengthening the body, while, at the same time, there is nothing more pernicious as a luxury, if we are not on our guard against excess.” Years before he wrote those words, wine had in fact come from humble origins outside Italy itself. Furthermore, the process of fermenting grapes goes back thousands of years, and its beginning can be traced to where the wild grown grape-vine, vitis vinifera, flourished and was actively utilized for this reason.
Prior to the arrival of the whites, Native Americans experienced little to no contact with alcohol, or “firewater.” The main introduction of alcohol to Native Americans came through the fur trade. Quickly upon its initiation to Native Americans, alcohol had various social, economic, and political ramifications. [note] To form new relations with Native Americans and to continue existing ones, the consistent distribution of alcohol was established.
The British were motivated to explore North America so they could evangelize and share the glory of God, obtain wealth, and trump rival European nations. With the flow of British colonists into North America increasing, colonies started to flourish. Economies started to boom and there was a growing reliance on forced labor. The English became increasingly aware that coercible labor would be the primary method of maintaining a successful economy. From 1600 to 1763, interactions between Europe and the British American colonies shaped the labor systems of the colonies. A major change was the shift in the source of the workforce, but the reliance on forced labor stayed the same.
A-1: The pursuit of it's own imperial interests meant for a stronger England. Initially, the two main motives for colonizing were religious and economic. The colonization meant that England could exploit the natural resources in North America, which turned out to be a rather lucrative move. Additionally, the colonies would be able to spread Christianity. Although the production of crops required laborers, what was found was that the native peoples of America could either be conquered, or enslaved with little ease. In turn, the enslaved natives could produce crops that could be exported to Europe. Items like horses, sugar, and tobacco also had an impact on trade. In 1493, Christopher Columbus transported sugar canes to Hispaniola. Roughly 20
If one was to look at colonial America with no knowledge of the future, the thought of millions of people promoting alcohol regulation and abstinence would be unimaginable. As hard as it is to assign general characteristics to colonial America, it is clearly evident that alcoholic beverages were extensive in consumption, to the point where they were among the main forms of liquid nourishment. It was so extensive that "Estimates for 1790, at the end of the colonial period, place per capita consumption of absolute alcohol (the alcohol content of alcoholic beverages) at three gallons, about one and a half times the amount of per capita consumption in the United States today. Despite staggering consumption rate, the relatively high level of per capita consumption failed to produce widespread concern about drinking.
In the United States alcohol plays a key role in society. Alcohol is a euphoriant and depressant. Many Americans love to enjoy alcohol and it is quite accessible in most communities. In fact, the United States has high rates of alcoholism: half the population is considered regular drinkers or consumes 12 drinks per year (Black, 2010, p.xiv). However, for some people, alcohol can become addictive. When alcohol is consumed, it affects the brain which causes changes in behavior and mood. The Bible offers warnings about the effects of alcohol. One passage states, ?Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly! In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper? (Proverbs 23:31, New International Versions). In the end, if one is not careful, alcohol can lead to destruction. However, there are several programs that are offered in communities to help people deal with alcohol abuse. One common program is Alcohol Anonymous. The only requirement for attending Alcohol Anonymous meetings is for the member to have a desire to stop drinking.
Alcohol was often used as a form of diplomacy amongst the natives and the European settlers. It was also pushed on the natives to drink, because it was very intricate tool in trade. So initially the detrimental factors that stemmed from alcohol were most likely not shared with the Indians.
In the 1600's and 1700's, the American colonists drank large quantities of beer, rum, wine, and hard cider. These alcoholic beverages were often safer to drink than impure water or unpasteurized milk and also less expensive than coffee or tea. By the 1820's, people in the United States were drinking, on the average, the equivalent of 7 gallons of pure alcohol per person each year (“drinkingprohibition” 1). As early as the seventeenth century, America was showing interest towards prohibition. Some people, including physicians and ministers, became concerned about the extent of alcohol use (“There was one...” 1). They believed that drinking alcohol damaged people's health and moral behavior, and promoted poverty. People concerned about alcohol use u...
Native Americans were using alcohol long before Europeans colonized America. Alcohol was consumed mainly for spiritual reasons, and their beverages contained only diluted alcohol, as much effort was required to produce it. Native Americans used alcohol to communicate with spiritual forces, and only highly ranked priests had access to it. Distillation, then a European process of making more potent alcoholic beverages, was unknown to them, but when the Europeans started trading with the Native Americans, the newcomers introduced them to methods of making more potent drinks. The sudden abundance of more potent beverages did not permit the natives to regulate their use of alcohol, in contrast to the Europeans, who had thousands of years of experience and had regulated its distribution centuries before. Due to the history of alcohol in the New World, factors such as socioeconomics, culture, and genetics have influenced modern Native Americans to abuse alcohol comparably more than other ethnic groups, and it has had a destructive effect on their society.
The prohibition was really started in the 16th century by religious people that believed that alcohol was a gift from god, but its abuse came from the devil. And at that time you would get punished for the abuse. The abuse of the holy gift from god kept on, and soon the general population drank three and a half gallon alcohol a year, and that was much
Economic concerns of the British caused the colonization of British North America. Such economic concerns included the opportunity to acquire gold, silver, a North American waterway that would lead directly to China and the Indies, and the prospect of countering Spain's dominance in North America (Boorstin et al. 34). In addition to these economic reasons for colonization, the English were also seeking to obtain the essential "raw materials" in America that they had been previously buying from other European countries for exorbitant amounts of money and gold (Boorstin et al. 34). Great Britain also sought to solve other economic problems through American colonization. For example, England needed to replenish some of its diminishing materials and assets, generate another "market" to export its cargo and merchandise, maintain its powerful navy and "merchant marine" through business with new American colonies, and to provide a new place for the unemployed to settle rather than escalating populace/crime and the economic burden in its own cities (Boorstin et al. 34).
Earlier it was practiced by the Greeks; Romans & Babylonians to the Egyptians, in these regions people have derived wine out of grapes. Wine was a royal drink that kings use to drink, it was extracted from Vineyards. One of the oldest-known winery was discovered in the "Areni-1" cave in “Vayots Dzor”, Armenia. Since then wine was flourished all across the world. From a local consumption Wine became an International trading commodity.
Generally speaking, other alcoholic beverages can be viewed as being a substitute for wine. However, specific substitution of wine in the New World is low because most individuals prefer to purchase wine from a retail facility instead of producing their own. Where as in the Old World the option of producing wine...
The French society drink wine with every meal, even allowing the children to often times join. We may consider it wrong, but it is not leading to degenerate behavior, so who are we to say it is wrong?