What are carbohydrates?
Rice has a lot of carbohydrates What are carbohydrates made of? Carbohydrates are foods which give you energy. They are called carbohydrates because they are made of hydrocarbon molecules. That [...]
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History of beer – Where does beer come from?
History of beer: Sumerians sipping beer through straws (ca. 2500 BC) When did people start to make beer? Even before people began farming in China, West Asia and Egypt, they [...]
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What is barley? History of food
Barley ready to be harvested How is barley different from wheat? Barley's a kind of grass, like wheat or millet or sorghum or rice, that is a good source of carbohydrates [...]
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Farming in Ancient Egypt – Egyptian farming
Egyptian farming: Ancient Egyptian cattle plowing (Louvre Museum, Paris) When did Egyptians start to farm? The Egyptians started farming a little later than their neighbors in West Asia and about the same [...]
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What is straw? History of straw
History of Straw: loose straw in a pile What is straw made of? Straw is the dried stalks of tall grasses like wheat, millet or barley. After people harvested the [...]
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History of farming
History of farming: A field of wheat When did people start farming? People did not farm as a major way of getting food until around 12,000 BC. About that time, [...]
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Flowering plants – Evolution and Biology
Flowering plants: Lavender flowers smell wonderful! Before there were flowers... For millions of years, the Earth was covered with ferns and pine trees and moss and mushrooms, without any flowers, grass, [...]
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African Food – History – Cooking and eating in early Africa
Early African food: Wheat bread African food before farming Before people started farming, African hunters and gatherers ate mainly fruit (especially figs), with some meat and fish and seafood and [...]
