

Investigators believe that barley was first cultivated in the Fertile Crescent region of lower

Southern Turkey) also suggest that ancient Mesopotamians were fermenting barley at a very earlyĭate.There is no question that fermentation takes place accidentally (as it must have doneĬountless times before humans learned something about controlling the process), and most Additional evidence recoverd at Hacinegi Tepe (a similar site in Trading outpost called Godin Tepe in present-day Iran- indicates that barley was being fermentedĪt that location around 3500 B.C. Some of this evidence-from an ancient Mesopotamian Indeed, there are scholars who have theorized that a taste for ale prompted theīeginning of agriculture, in which case humans have been brewing for some 10,000 years.MostĪrchaeological evidence, however, suggests that fermentation was being used in one manner orĪnother by around 4000 to 3500 B.C. "No one has yet managed to date the origins of beer with any precision, and it is probably an Sources generally agree the discovery of the powers of yeast was accidental. Some historians believe it is possible that brewing began when the first cereal crops There is an alternate theory regarding the invention ofīrewing. Food historians generally cite this date for the discovery of leavenedīread and genesis of the brewing industry. Variations in grain, thickness, shape, and texture varied fromĪrchaelogical evidence confirms yeast (both as leavening agent andĮgypt as early as 4000 B.C. Legal rights (Medieval guilds), and evolving taste.

Ingredient availability, advances in technology, economic conditions, socio-cultural influences, The history of bread and cake starts with Neolithic cooks and marches through time according to Food Timeline: history notes-bread FoodTimeline library Food Timeline FAQs: bread.
