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Timeline of agriculture and food technology

Timeline of agriculture and food technology

6500 BC[?] - Evidence of cattle domestication in Turkey. Some sources say this happened earlier in other parts of the world
4000 BC - Egyptians discover how to make bread using yeast
4000 BC - Evidence for rice domestication in the Korat area of Thailand
3500 BC - First agriculture in the Americas, around Central Amazonia or Ecuador
2000 BC - Evidence of domestication of chicken around India, some sources say this happened earlier in other parts of the world
1800 BC - Fermentation of dough, grain, and fruit juices is discovered
600 - The moldboard plow is invented in eastern Europe
850 - Coffee is invented in Arabia
1300 - Arnau de Villanova[?] develops alcohol distillation
1837 - John Deere invents steel plow
1863 - International "Corn Show" in Paris with corn varieties from different countries
1866 - Gregor Mendel publishes his paper describing Mendelian inheritance
1871 - Louis Pasteur invents pasteurization

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