Posts Tagged ‘ancient mesopotamia’
Sumerian Food… continued from last week
October 27th, 2008 by admin
Information about Sumerian food can be gathered from archaeology and written records on cuneiform tablets. These sources also indicated the importance of barley and wheat cakes as the staple diet together with grain and legume soups, onion, leeks, garlic and chate melon. Besides farmed vegetables, Sumerian food also included fruits. These were apples, fig and [...]
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Sumerians And The Beginning Of Civilization
August 23rd, 2008 by admin
Ancient Mesopotamia and the Sumerians were the first to witness settlement. Man had ceased being a nomad and began raising cattle, farming and developing their skills at a fast pace. Perhaps the most number of discoveries and inventions ever made were in the ancient era of the Sumers. Ancient Sumerian clothing evolved and changed over [...]
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