How to eat figs – African food
Figs activity: How to eat a fresh fig The best way to find out more about figs is to eat some! If you live where there are fig trees (anywhere warm), pick [...]
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Ancient Egyptian Food – Eating and drinking in ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian food: Actual bread from Egypt's New Kingdom (Vatican Museum, Rome) Ancient Egyptian food: from both Africa and West Asia Because Egypt is in Africa, but very close to [...]
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Gathering wild foods – History of Food
A person gathering honey (Arana Cave, Spain, 8000 BC) What is gathering? Gathering means collecting plants that grow wild for food. Early humans gathered all of their food from the [...]
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What was the Silk Road? Central Asian Economy
Mongol herdsman Hunting wild animals The first people moved into Central Asia about 50,000 BC. They were probably following the big animals that they hunted for food and leather skins [...]
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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 [...]
