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Bread, beer and the seeds of change: agriculture's impact on world history
2010, CAB International
in English
184593704X 9781845937041
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Table of Contents
Why agriculture?
What crops to grow?
Basics of beer and bread
Human nutrition and diet
Cropping 101: water, nitrogen, weed control
Sumerians (3500 to 2334 BCE)
Egyptians (3000 to 1070 BCE)
Chinese (221 BCE to 220 CE)
Bantu of Africa (400 BCE to 300 CE)
Maya (150 BCE to 910 CE)
Athenians (550 to 338 BCE) / Romans (509 BCE to 410 CE)
Feudal Europeans (800 to 1347)
British (1700 to 1850)
Development of science and technology (1850 to 1950)
Americans (1950 to present)
Epilogue: future of grain fermentation.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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