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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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