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The Dawn of Food
1948803658 epub Australian researcher Karen Mutton brings us her latest research on the origins of various popular foods, discussing the mysterious origins of food from around the world in chapters dedicated to the various cultures. Mutton examines Neolithic bronze and iron age agriculture in China and discusses the wonders of fermentation, presenting the worlds oldest brewery, found in Egypt. She discusses ancient irrigation in Mesopotamia, Persia and Peru, and reveals her findings on Roman food technologies. Mutton examines food being used as medicine in China, Greece and Rome, and discusses bread as the staff of life. Mutton shares the oldest recipes in the world from Mesopotamia, and tips from ancient cookbooks from Rome and Arabia. The ancient spice trade comes to life, as do the ancient agricultural gods and goddesses. Chapters include: The Neolithic Revolution Natufian Culture Vinca Culture Crops, Animals and Food Production Fermentation Pottery Mesopotamia Sumerians & Akkadians Babylonians Assyrians Neo-Babylonians Persian Empire Hittites Phoenicians Israel/Palestine Arab Islamic Empire Egypt West/Southern Africa Ethiopia Central & Subsaharan Africa Ancient Britons & The Celts Scandinavia Ancient Greece Crete Mycenaeans Classical Greeks Pottery Greek Agricultural Mythology Hellenistic Empires The Etruscans Republican Rome Indus Valley Vedic India Gupta India Sri Lanka Indonesia Spice Island Trade Thailand Vietnam Cambodia Chinese Crops & Cuisine Korea Japan Papua New Guinea Lapita Culture Hawaii Australia Olmecs & Mayans The Aztecs South America- Andean Highlands Coastal Regions Of Peru Amazonia North America more. Read more