What was the main role of alcoholic drinks in ancient to medieval times?
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Your thinking is overly binary. It is very possible, indeed likely, that it was likely a combination of the two plus a few other factors you are forgetting depending on place/time/occasion/society.
Other factors in alcohol use:
- Culture
- Taste
- Preservation of foodstuff
- Others
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