Origins Of Food

Domestication of Animals

13,000 BCE

Dogs were the first animal to be domesticated by humans more than 13000 years ago

Fertile Cresent

9000 BCE

The first Cultivation of wild cereals in the fertile crescent

Development Of Agriculture

9000 BCE

The Birth of Agriculture. In 9000 BCE people in Mesopotamia, modern day Iraq, began breeding plants and animals found in nature to make them edible.

Food Origins -Bread/Cereals

8000 BCE

Cereals and bread became a staple food around 10,000 years ago during the Neolithic, when wheat and barley were some of the first plants to be domesticated

Food Origins -Milk

8000 BCE

It took the domestication of cattle, following on the heels of sheep and goats, to put the ancient dairy industry into motion and a quirk of genetics to move it along. Dairy got its start in what is now Turkey

Food Origins -Cheese

5500 BCE

The earliest evidence of cheesemaking in the archaeological record dates back to 5500 BCE

Marco Pollo

1214 BCE

was a Venetian merchant and explorer who travelled to China and served the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan. who then was imprisoned he shortly wrote his book about his travels and discoveries.

Silk Road Systems

130 BCE

The Silk Road is neither an actual road nor a single route. The term instead refers to a network of routes used by traders for more than 1,500 years

Food Origins - Meat

8000

Early man hunted wild animals for meat. Domestication of meat animals followed. The species utilised for meat varied, based on availability of different animals in different regions.