![]() Ruling as a just and gentle man, under him, Rome reached its peak of peace and prosperity. ![]() Antoninus and Faustina were officially held up as such exemplars of conjugal harmony that newlyweds were directed to pray at an altar of Antoninus and Faustina that they might live up to their example.ġ61 Antoninus Pius died in March. Antoninus was devastated at Faustina's death and took several steps to honor her memory. He wrote many treatises on plants, only two of which survive.ġ00 BC Romans begin cultivating oysters in beds.ġ00 AD The world's oldest surviving cookbook, De Re Coquinaria ("On Cookery"), is attributed to the 1st century Roman, Apicius.ġ40 Faustina the Elder died near Rome in October. He was an important Greek naturalist philosopher who had studied with Aristotle. They fermented flour and water mixtures using wild, air-borne yeast.ģ,000 BC Flaxseed was being cultivated by the Babylonians.ģ,000 BC The Chinese were eating noodles.ģ,000 BC Egyptian tomb paintings picture fish ponds and fruit trees.Ģ,000 BC Olives, peaches and apricots cultivated in Eastern Mediterranean.ġ,550 BC Egyptian papyrus scroll (Ebers Papyrus) discovered in 1884 lists hundreds of medicinals, including anise, saffron, fenugreek, mustard, fennel, cardamon, garlic, thyme and poppy seeds.ġ,000 BC Peanuts were cultivated in Peru.ĩ57 BC Pillars in Solomon's temple in Jerusalem were decorated with pomegranates.Ģ87 BC Theophrastus died. Peppercorns, cardoons & garden cress 400BCģ,000 BC Potatoes were being cultivated in the Andes Mountains in South America.ģ,000 BC The Egyptians discovered yeast leavening. Ham & sesame seeds & cultivated rye 2000BC 1,000 to 2,000 years before cultivation of domesticated species.ĩ,000 BC Sheep were domesticated by this time.Ĩ,000 BC Pigs were domesticated in China by this time.ħ,000 BC Apples possibly cultivated in southwestern Asia.Ħ,700 BC Earliest evidence for domestication of corn (Found in Mexico, 2009)Ħ,500 BC Cattle were domesticated by this time.Ħ,000 BC Lima Beans were being cultivated in Peru.Ħ,000 BC Fava Beans were being used in the eastern Mediterranean region.Ħ,000 BC Chili peppers and squash were part of the Meso-American diet.Ħ,000 BC Citrus fruit ancestor (citron) may have been grown in India at this time.ĥ,900 BC Earliest evidence for millet consumption in western China.ĥ,000 BC Aniseed elixir is mentioned as a remedy for plague and cholera in the Book of Genesis.ĥ,000 BC Rice is being cultivated in China.ĥ,000 BC Maize (corn) was being cultivated in the Andes.Ĥ,000 BC Grapes were probably being cultivated in the area southeast of the Black Sea (Afghanistan, etc.)ģ,500 BC Horses were domesticated for milk and riding in what is now northern Kazakhstan.ģ,500 BC Based on excavations of the Early Bronze Age, it is believed that the pomegranate was one of the first cultivated fruits. ![]() 10,000 BC Crude forms of flatbread were being made.ġ0,000 BC Emmer emerged as the 2nd domesticated grain, in Egypt.ĩ,300 BC Evidence of systematic storage of wild grains discovered near the Dead Sea in Jordan.
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