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Bread, Beer and the Seeds of Change – Agriculture`s Imprint on World History

Autor Thomas Sinclair, Carol Sinclair
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 iun 2010
The history of humankind is intimately tied to the history of agriculture: powerful societies rose, persisted and waned in parallel with their food supply systems. This book covers the background of agricultural development, early agricultural societies, and the advancement of technology from the ancient Greeks and Romans onwards.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781845937041
ISBN-10: 184593704X
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: Illustrations, maps
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: CABI

Cuprins

Part I. Background; Chapter 1. Why Agriculture?; Chapter 2. What Crops to Grow?; Chapter 3. Beer and Bread; Chapter 4. Human Nutrition and Health; Chapter 5. Cropping Requirements; Part II. Early Agricultural Societies; Chapter 6. Sumerian (3500 to 2334 BCE); Chapter 7. Egyptian (3000 to 1070 BCE); Chapter 8. Chinese (206 BCE to 220 CE); Chapter 9. Bantu of Africa (500 BCE to 300 CE); Chapter 10. Maya (150 BCE to 910 CE); Part III. Technology Advances in Western Societies; Chapter 11. Athenians (550 to 334 BCE) / Romans (509 BCE to 410 CE); Chapter 12. Feudal Europeans (800 to 1347); Chapter 13. British (1700 to 1850); Chapter 14. Development of Science and Technology (1850 to 1950); Chapter 15. Americans (1950 to present); Epilogue: Future of Grain Fermentation.