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Mediterranean Trade
PrehistoryIntroduction to Wine Business
Leyla Gilbert
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Introduction• Wines importance with the spread and growth of civilisation around the
Mediterranean
• Viticulture and exploration of new lands across the Mediterranean
• Societies and their commerce with population development, agricultural needs and regional trade
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Wine’s Voyage
• The emergence from barbarism to sophisticated people
• Where ever new societies rose so did producing wine
• The vine added prosperity to a culture through trading a valuable commodity
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The Importance of Wine
• Building trade relationships with other societies
• Trading of metals, grain, dyes and other commodities
• Spiritual ceremonies
• Medicinal uses
• Non perishable drink
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Trade
• Mesopotamians introduced wine to Egypt, Babylon and the Persian Kings of Syria
• Phoenicians became the next powerhouse for wine trading, setting up trade posts along Sicily’s coast and other Mediterranean Islands.
• The Greeks came into power around 1300 BC and dominated the industry for hundreds of years, before the Romans
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• 3600 BC Mesopotamia• 3200 BC Egypt• 1000 BC Greece and Rome
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Greek Trade Routes
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The Spread of Viticulture
• The use of propagation
• Cultivating wild vines
• Expanding empires
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Roman Empire
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Change in Societies with Commerce Growth
• Obtainable goods
• Creation of urban environments
• Structure and laws
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Influences from Ancient Trade
• Trade routes established
• Wine regions, viticulture and winemaking developed
• Laws, philosophy, medicine and other forms of society founded
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References
Johnson, H. (1989). The Story of Wine. D. P. Dian Taylor. London, Mitchell Beazley, International Limited: 35.
Pellechia, T. (2006). The 8,000-Year-Old Story of the Wine Trade. New York, Thunder's Mouth Press.
Spiliotopoulos, K. (2012). "Greek Wine History." Retrieved 12/08, 2012, from http://www.nestorimports.com/greek-wine-history/.
Unwin, T. (1996). Wine and the Vine. London, Routledge.
Winemakers, G. (2001). "Ancient Greece." Retrieved 30/07/2012, 2012, from http://www.greekwinemakers.com/czone/history/2ancient.shtml.