Description |
1 online resource (x, 374 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
Introduction -- Plants on the Silk Road -- Silk and spice routes -- Millets -- Rice -- Barley -- The wheats -- Legumes -- Grapes and apples -- Fruits and nuts -- Leafy vegetables, roots, and stems -- Spices, oils, and tea -- Conclusion |
Summary |
"The foods we eat have a deep and often surprising past. Many foods we consume today--from almonds and apples to tea and rice--have histories can be traced along the tracks of the Silk Road out of prehistoric Central Asia to European kitchens and American tables. Organized trade along the Silk Road dates to at least Han Dynasty China in the second century B.C., but the exchange of goods, ideas, cultural practices, and genes along these ancient trading routes extends back five thousand years. Balancing a broad array of archaeological, botanical, and historical evidence, Fruit from the Sands presents the fascinating story of the origins and spread of agriculture across Inner Asia and into Europe and East Asia. Through the preserved remains of plants in archaeological sites, Robert N. Spengler III identifies the regions where our most familiar crops were domesticated and follows their routes as people carried them around the world. Vividly narrated, Fruit from the Sands explores how the foods we eat have shaped the course of human history and transformed consumption all over the globe"--Provided by publisher |
Analysis |
agriculture across inner asia into europe |
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almonds and apples |
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america |
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china and east asia |
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comprehensive |
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entertaining |
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europe |
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food history |
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foods shaped human history |
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han dynasty china |
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organized trade along silk road |
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prehistoric central asia |
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preserved plants in archaelogical sites |
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second century bc |
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tea and rice |
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tracks of silk road |
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transformed cuisines all over globe |
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vivid |
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where familiar crops domesticated |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Food -- Social aspects -- History -- To 1500
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Gastronomy -- Social aspects -- History -- To 1500
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Agriculture -- Asia, Central -- History -- To 1500
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Globalization -- Asia, Central -- History -- To 1500
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COOKING -- General.
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HISTORY -- World.
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Agriculture
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Food -- Social aspects
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Globalization
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SUBJECT |
Silk Road -- History -- To 1500
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Subject |
Central Asia
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Asia -- Silk Road
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2018047116 |
ISBN |
9780520972780 |
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0520972783 |
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