The great majority of the people ruled by Rome were engaged in agriculture. Introduction Roman Agriculture describes the...
Agriculture
Agriculture was the foundation of the Ancient Greek economy. Nearly 80% of the population was involved in this activity.[1] Agricultural...
For a small price, Ferdinand Brader would draw a bird’s-eye view of someone’s homestead. When Ferdinand A....
What the Romans ate and how. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The ancient Mediterranean diet revolved around four...
Archaeologists have found tiny pieces of ancient bread from hunter-gatherers that predate agriculture by about 4,000 years....
The history of discrimination by the United States Department of Agriculture and the class action lawsuits by...
The ancient Near East, and the Fertile Crescent in particular, is generally seen as the birthplace of...
Considering language from a biological perspective led researchers to the idea that new food processing technologies affected...
The “age of extremes” from 1914 to 1945 created renewed demand for cheap supplies of protein. One...
The use of animals for their renewable products greatly increased human capabilities in prehistory. The use of...
Ancient DNA analyses show that – unlike elsewhere in Europe – farmers from the Near East did...
In the 19th century, the Grange was an agricultural brotherhood that sought to foster mutual self-reliance and...
The crisis affected all kind of people: whites, mestizos, and indigenous people; herders, large cattle owners, and...
Eighty years ago, the publication of John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath shocked the world with...
Harvester Vase from Hagia Triada, c. 1550-1500 B.C.E., black steatite, diameter 4.5 inches (Archaeological Museum of Heraklion)...