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Despite a long-standing tradition of mead consumption, the beverage is a niche product in Poland. In 2013, about 600,000 litres of mead were sold in Poland, [22] compared with 142.5 million litres of wine sold during the same period. [23] Mead amounted to 0.5 percent of total alcohol consumption in Poland in 2013. [21]
Mead is a drink widely considered to have been discovered prior to the advent of both agriculture and ceramic pottery in the Neolithic, [17] due to the prevalence of naturally occurring fermentation and the distribution of eusocial honey-producing insects worldwide; [18] as a result, it is hard to pinpoint the exact historical origin of mead given the possibility of multiple discovery or ...
Mead hall. A reconstructed Viking Age longhouse (28.5 metres long) in Denmark. Among the early Germanic peoples, a mead hall or feasting hall was a large building with a single room intended to receive guests and serve as a center of community social life. From the fifth century to the Early Middle Ages such a building was the residence of a ...
Mead, also called honey wine, is created by fermenting honey with water, sometimes with various fruits, spices, grains, or hops. As long as the primary substance fermented is honey, the drink is considered mead. [73] Mead was produced in ancient history throughout Europe, Africa and Asia, [74] and was known in Europe before grape wine. [75]
Filipendula ulmaria. (L.) Maxim. Filipendula ulmaria, commonly known as meadowsweet[1] or mead wort, [2] is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Rosaceae that grows in damp meadows. It is native throughout most of Europe and Western Asia (Near East and Middle East). It has been introduced and naturalised in North America.
The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political.Fifty generally recognised sovereign states, Kosovo with limited, but substantial, international recognition, and four largely unrecognised de facto states with limited to no recognition have territory in Europe and/or membership in international European ...
Many states use township as a governmental level between county and municipality. Most states have counties with unincorporated areas (no municipal government). Municipal governments are called cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and townships, and can form 1-3 layers of government.
Located in the south of Europe, the Apennine Peninsula contains the states of Italy, San Marino, and Vatican City Balkan Peninsula The Balkan Peninsula is located in Southeastern Europe and the following countries and territories occupy land within the Balkans either exclusively or partially: