Industry is older than we think. New finds only push timelines back.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-antiquities/ancient-mass-production-brewery-uncovered-in-egypt-idUSKBN2AE0ET …
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"they believe the beer was used in royal burial rituals for Egypt’s earliest kings." Archeologists can't help themselves can they. The more straightforward explanation is royal monopoly. State monopolies on production were an alternative to taxation for early states.
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control of the water ways for milling power gives natural monopolies
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