ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fertile Crescent, Hellenistic Greece, Western Roman Empire
2 Apr 2016
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Reasons for differences in food preferences can be due to place of birth, cultural heritage, religion, individual preferences and income. Geographic origins influenced what early people ate because they had to survive on their immediate environment. As food became cultivated and plentiful, cultures arose in these places and food preferences and patterns became apart of their culture. Travel expanded human knowledge of different cultures and food preferences. Dependent of game and plants in immediate environment. Ex, near lake of ocean fish played an important role. Temperate river valleys: wheat, cereal, vegetables and domesticate animals (central. 12000 bce, upper egypt and nubia: grindstones. 9000 bce, palestine: einkorn (type of wheat) Before 7000 bce, goats and pigs were used as meat from turkey to pakistan. Maize (mexico), tomatoes, sweet potatoes and potatoes were brought to europe by. Spaniards as they conquered parts of the new world. Mountain regions were inhospitable due to lack of fertile land and extreme cold.
