The Cuisine of Ancient Mesopotamia
Until recently the oldest cuisine we knew in depth was that of ancient Rome. The recovery of a half-million written documents from numerous sites in the ancient Near East, however, has now shown us that the culture of Mesopotamia also included a discriminating choice of foodstuffs and advanced techn...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Scholars Press
1985
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The Biblical archaeologist
Year: 1985, Volume: 48, Issue: 1, Pages: 36-47 |
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Summary: | Until recently the oldest cuisine we knew in depth was that of ancient Rome. The recovery of a half-million written documents from numerous sites in the ancient Near East, however, has now shown us that the culture of Mesopotamia also included a discriminating choice of foodstuffs and advanced techniques for preparing them. |
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Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeologist
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3209946 |