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TRENDS IN CATTLE DIVERSITY AND CATTLE PRODUCTION IN EUROPE
2.1 IntroductionCattle started living in close proximity to humans in Central Europe approximately 7500 years ago (Benecke, 1994) and in the Northern parts of Europe a thousand years later (Gkliasta...
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UMA BREVE HISTÓRIA DO ÁLCOOL
"Embriaguêz de Noé" - tela de Giovanni Bellini, c.1515Acredita-se que a bebida alcoólica teve origem na Pré-História, mais precisamente durante o período Neolítico quando houve a aparição da...
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O DIA EM QUE D. PEDRO II FOI 'CANDIDATO' A PRESIDÊNCIA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS
Dom Pedro II foi o primeiro governante brasileiro a ser considerado "o cara" nos Estados Unidos. O imperador fez uma longa visita ao país em 1876, causando boa impressão entre a população. De modo...
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ALIMENTOS CRIADOS EM LABORATÓRIO SERÃO O FUTURO DAS SUAS REFEIÇÕES?
Cientistas e startups apostam em carnes sintéticas e comida impressa em 3D para deixar as refeições mais sustentáveis.Pense em um hambúrguer vermelhinho, suculento, saboroso. Mais: nenhum animal...
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COMO VIVIAM AS CRIANÇAS NA ROMA ANTIGA
Crianças romanas brincandoComo viviam as crianças romanas? Não é fácil responder a essa pergunta, menos ainda no que se refere às classes baixas, cujos vestígios são menos numerosos.Por isso, vamos ver...
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HISTOIRE DE TROIS INSTITUTIONS EUROPÉENNES - 540 ANS AU SERVICE DE L'ÉCONOMIE
Le Mont de Piété, Sienne (Italie)Créées au XVe siècle sur des principes managériaux communautaires au service de l’intérêt général, trois institutions...
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BUILDING ST. PETER'S BASILICA - A CHRISTIAN IMPERIUM
The year 1507 was pivotal in the building of the new St. Peter’s. By the time the papal calvacade rode into Rome to a triumphant welcome, the first pier of the new Basilica was rising behind...
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THE WORST MEAL IN BARCELONA
It’d be hard to pinpoint the best meal in Barcelona, a city known for its excellent Catalonian food. But on a recent trip there, our family had no trouble identifying the worst: a frozen,...
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THE RISKS OF CHILDBIRTH IN CLASSICAL GREECE
Although, as we have seen, the Hippocratic doctor was in a good position to exercise control over the reproductive lives of his female patients, in a strictly medical sense he was often far from being...
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WHAT TO EAT AND DRINK IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND
The modern traveler, coming from an age of good food guides and supermarkets, is liable to forget that people in medieval England still starve to death. Bad years for wheat are 1315–17 (the Great...
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SEX, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
What Is Marriage?A nonethnocentric definition of marriage is a culturally sanctioned union between two or more people that establishes certain rights and obligations between the people, between them...
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ANIMALS IN ISLAM - SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS USED FOR FOOD
Meat-eating is neither encouraged nor even recommended by Islam: "Say {O Muhammad!} I find not in what has been revealed to me any food {meat} forbidden to those who wish to eat it, unless it be dead...
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THE HISTORY OF WINE
The Old Testament acknowledges the pleasure and the power of the drink derived from fermented grapes, but it was the Greeks, the Romans, and, most particularly, the French who perfected the art of...
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LIGHT AND SOUND IN FOOD PRESERVATION
I. LIGHT IN FOOD PRESERVATION A. Ultraviolet Radiation Ultraviolet (UV) radiation has long been known to be the major factor in the bactericidal action of sunlight. It is mainly used in...
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MEAT AND MORALS IN EARLY CHINA
Among all foodstuffs available to Warring States and Han elites, not one is subject to more debate than meat. Even though meat constituted a relatively minor share in the daily diet of the time, its...
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FACTORS INFLUENCING FOOD SELECTION
Why do people choose the foods they do? This is a very complex question. As you can see from this list, many factors influence what you eat.• Flavor• Other aspects of food (such as cost, convenience,...
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LA RUTA DE LAS ESPECIAS
LAS ESPECIAS DESDE LA ANTIGUEDAD Aunque en Europa el uso culinário de las especias fue un descubrimiemo de las civilizaciones griega y romana, ya en el antiguo Egipto eran utilizadas para embalsamar a...
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LIFE, EVOLUTION AND AGRICULTURE
It is useful to present briefly some concepts from ecology in order to understand the nature of agriculture as a relationship between an exploiting species and one or several exploited species...
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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU EAT - DIGESTION, ABSORTION, AND METABOLISM
To become part of the body, food must be digested and absorbed. Digestion is the process by which food is broken down into its components in the mouth, stomach, and small intestine with the help of...
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FOOD SELECTION
Not too long ago, meats, milk, grains, nuts, vegetables, and fruits were the only foods available for consumption. Today food companies offer thousands of prepared and packaged foods, many of which...
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