Tate Paulette

Associate Professor of History, North Carolina State University

Tate Paulette is associate professor in the Department of History at North Carolina State University, US. He is the author of In the Land of Ninkasi: A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia (2024).

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Written by Tate Paulette

Ancient mosaic depicting two figures with instruments on a blue stone background.

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Food and drink

The fermented crescent

Ancient Mesopotamians had a profound love of beer: a beverage they found celebratory, intoxicating and strangely erotic

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