FSCN 3615 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Staple Food, Andes, Ravioli
16 Feb 2018
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5,000 bp potatoes are cultivated in the andes mountains and maize is also cultivated. Water engineering is introduced to the nile region. Watermelon, figs, tea, bananas, and apples are cultivated. 4,000 bp leavened bread is invented in egypt (yeast for breads to rise), made from wheat flour, barley and sorghum. By 3,500 bp all major food plants used today were being cultivated, except for sugar beets (about 2,300 bp) Writing appears in ancient egypt around 3,100 bp. By 3,000 bp alcoholic beverages are being produced in china. Rice travels to japan about 2,000 bp. The history of tea is long and complex but is believed to have started in yunnan, china as a medicinal drink (shang dynasty-3500 bp) 320,000 romans are on the dole, receiving free grain ((cid:1151) of the city) Romans had toilets which is important for public health but lost it and eventually had to be redeveloped.
