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A ANTIGUIDADE DA CULINÁRIA DO ORIENTE MÉDIO
O presente artigo refere-se a um aspecto da cultura da antiga Mesopotâmia, região que hoje corresponde, principalmente, ao território do Iraque, que não é dos mais importantes para compreensão desta...
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OS SABORES DO ANO 1000
As imagens que nos chegam dos faustosos banquetes promovidos pela nobreza, séculos atrás, não correspondem à exacta realidade histórica. Mesmo entre as classes mais abastadas as iguarias à mesa eram...
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ALIMENTOS ENTRE OS ANTIGOS CHINESES
Subtilezas à mesaUm intelectual chinês do passado terá afirmado: “governa o Império como cozinharias o mais pequeno peixe”. Uma comparação que nos dá uma imagem do esmero que os antigos chineses...
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ALIMENTOS NO ANTIGO EGIPTO
Os Egípcios à MesaPara a posteridade a civilização egípcia, reinante nas margens do Nilo mais de 3000 anos, deixou magníficos testemunhos em pedra, erigidos para perpetuar o Homem e glorificar os...
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ALIMENTOS ENTRE OS ETRUSCOS
Os prazeres da mesaNuma época em que Roma pouco mais era do que uma cidade fortificada, nas margens do rio Tibre, a área que viria a ser o coração do Império, encontrava-se sob o domínio de um povo...
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ALIMENTOS NA GRÉCIA ANTIGA
A arte da boa mesaNa Grécia Clássica a alimentação foi colocada entre os assuntos sérios, acerca dos quais se detinham os doutos pensadores. Viam eles nos alimentos a forma de alcançar o equilíbrio...
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ALIMENTOS ENTRE OS SAXÕES
Mestres nos trocadilhos culináriosOriundos da Europa continental, os Saxões entraram na actual Inglaterra, no século VI d.C à procura de terras para plantio. Excelentes agricultores, possuiam uma...
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BIBLICAL AND KORANIC REFERENCES TO AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
The collection of sacred writings known as the Hebrew Bible, the Christian Bible, and the Koran are the basis of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the religions of over half of the world’s population....
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HISTORY OF AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY IN ASIA
AbstractThe beginnings of agriculture in eastern Asia date to Neolithic times, 7000 to 9000 years ago, with rice cultivation about 4000 BCE. Agricultural origins in the Indus valley occur about the...
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ISLAMIC INFLUENCES ON WESTERN AGRICULTURE
The rise of Islam in the Islam from the 7th to the 12th centuries is an extraordinary event in the history of the world. A small, tribes of desert warriors conquered and converted a large portion of...
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AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION: MECHANICAL
Power and MechanizationAn enormous number of mechanical advances are inherent in the invention of agriculture. These include plowing and cultivation using animal traction and irrigation technology...
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AGRICULTURE, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
Our existence as a civilization has depended on a series of technologies that provide us with sustenance and surplus. Agriculture, in its broadest sense, refers to a complex interaction of humans with...
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AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
Livelihood before Agriculture The discovery of agriculture is the phenomenon with the greatest impact on human societies prior to the Industrial Revolution some two hundred years ago. Before...
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AGRICULTURE IN ANCIENT EGYPT
"Greetings, oh Nile, who springs from the earth and gives Egypt nourishment".Natural river irrigation shaped the early landscape of ancient Egypt. Drainage was not required for the Valley to become...
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AGRICULTURE IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
The Roman Empire at its largest stage stretched north to Britain, south to Africa and as far east as Syria and Judea. Thirty-two provinces enabled the Empire to partake in trade with each other for...
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ANCIENT AGRICULTURAL READING - PLINY
Chap. 22. p. 477. Book XVII. Vol. 3. Grafting: The First Discovery of itNature has also taught us the art of grafting by means of seed. We see a seed swallowed whole by a famished bird; when softened...
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GREEK, CARTHAGINIAN, AND ROMAN AGRICULTURAL WRITERS
Our knowledge of the agricultural practices of Greece and Rome are based on writings of the period. There were an enormous number of writings on agriculture, although most of them are lost we know...
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WRITINGS ON AGRICULTURE - CATO
1. On Acquiring FarmsI. When you are thinking of acquiring a farm, keep in mind these points: that you be not overeager in buying nor spare your pains in examining, and that you consider it not...
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WRITINGS ON AGRICULTURE - THEOPHRASTUS
The Modes of Propagation in Woody and Herbaceous PlantsWe must study the modes of generation of these in the light of the same considerations, laying it down that the mode most common to all is...
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WRITINGS ON AGRICULTURE - VARRO
VarroIntroductionI. Had I Possessed the leisure, Fundania, I should write in a more serviceable form what now I must set forth as I can, reflecting that I must hasten; for if man is a bubble, as the...
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