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What Is the Historical Development of Bread
...itchen Berlin 2.jpeg|thumbnail|250px|left|Figure 1. Bread preparation from Ancient Egyptian models.]] ==Early History of Bread==

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How Did Black Pepper Spread in Popularity
...in South and Southeast Asia. The spread of this pepper is intertwined with ancient trade expansion that once connected the length of the Old World. In more re ...difficult to detect, so this can only be a conjecture.<ref>For more on the ancient use of black pepper, see: Ravindran, P. N., ed. 2000. Black Pepper: Pipe

11 KB (1,867 words) - 03:17, 21 September 2021
How did bath houses become popular
...an history, private bath facilities were a rare commodity. Thus, it is the history of bath houses that is associated with social concepts of cleanliness and t ...or more on the development of bathing and bath houses in ancient Greek and east Mediterranean cultures, see: Lucore, S. K., & Trümper, M. (Eds.). (2013).

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How did Father's Day develop
Father's Day, like Mother's Day, does have some ancient traditions and roots, although most modern celebrations are influenced by t ====Early History====

10 KB (1,556 words) - 00:28, 11 September 2021
What Is the History of Ice Cream
...to key developments in the industrial age, although its idea is much more ancient. ...dy by the 2nd millennium BC, around 1800 BC, records from the ancient Near East state of Mari indicate ice was being collected for refreshment during the h

12 KB (1,947 words) - 06:34, 22 September 2021
How did kitchens develop
==Early History== ...in the Mediterranean region, see: Klarich, Elizabeth, ed. 2010. Inside Ancient Kitchens: New Directions in the Study of Daily Meals and Feasts. Boulde

12 KB (1,964 words) - 06:32, 22 September 2021
What Are the Origins of Ancient Egypt’s Middle Kingdom
...imperial aspirations were only a fraction of that in the New Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom was no less important. ...ring that Egypt would be among the longest enduring civilizations in human history.

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How Did Astronomy Fundamentally Change Human History
[[File:Chichen Itza Observatory 2 1.jpg|thumbnail|left|300px|Figure 1. Ancient observatory from Chichen Itza.]] ...eveloped. The importance of astronomy to the past is attested because some ancient languages only went extinct after astronomical observations ceased. On the

9 KB (1,390 words) - 19:53, 15 September 2021
How Were the Assyrians able to Conquer the Ancient Near East
The ancient Near East could be a brutal place and among the most efficiently brutal of all Near E ...north to Babylon in the south. <ref> Kuhrt, Amélie. The Ancient Near East: c. 3000-330 BC. Volume 1. (London: Routledge, 2010), p. 192</ref> The

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How Did Universal Religions Change the World
...period, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of East Asia transformed from polytheistic worshiping to believing in a single god ...universal philosophies first developed in limited regions around the Near East, where Iranian Zoroastrianism may have played an important, influential rol

11 KB (1,689 words) - 23:16, 22 September 2021
What was the impact of Augustus' victory over Mark Anthony and Cleopatra on Rome
...iven control of the west, including Rome, while Mark Anthony was given the east.<ref> Holland, p. 216</ref> The control of Rome was crucial for Augustus in ...16</ref> Anthony also increasingly acted like an independent ruler in the east and did not consult the Roman Senate or his supposed ally and partner Augus

14 KB (2,257 words) - 01:30, 21 September 2021
Could Another Alphabet Have Developed
The alphabet used in most languages derives from the ancient Canaanite alphabet that developed in the early to mid 2nd millennium BCE in ...de networks across the Mediterranean and likely inland regions in the Near East.<ref>For more on Ugarit, see: Yon, Marguerite. 2006. The City of Ugarit

10 KB (1,707 words) - 20:49, 22 February 2022
What if the Battle of Qadisiyyah Had a Different Result
...eventually Persia, allowing the new Islamic Empire to emerge in the Middle East and, eventually, expand to other areas. ...wealth. However, by the early 7th century CE, major wars across the Middle East devastated much of the region and led to both these empires to deplete thei

11 KB (1,741 words) - 17:01, 5 October 2021
Was there an Ancient Suez Canal
...ges. The Silk Roads effectively moved goods, ideas, and people between the East and the West, but the trek through central Asia was extremely long, difficu ...by nearly 100 ships a day and is an extremely vital connection between the East and the West.

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What Was the Importance of Ziggurats in Ancient Mesopotamia
...ntly, ziggurats were built by a plethora of different people who inhabited ancient Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia, unlike Egypt, was full of disparate and, at times ...visible and tangible sign of a king’s power. Any king worth his salt in ancient Mesopotamia had to build a ziggurat that could be seen for miles around, wh

15 KB (2,430 words) - 01:03, 21 September 2021
How Did Howard Carter Discover Tutankhamun’s Tomb
...from his as well. <ref> Shaw, Ian and Paul Nicholson. The Dictionary of Ancient Egypt. (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995), p. 61</ref> It also helped th

12 KB (2,020 words) - 04:32, 29 September 2021
How Did the Ancient City of Nineveh Fall
...ire, which at its height stretched from Egypt in the west to Persia in the east and included most of Anatolia, the Levant, and the Arabian Peninsula. ...fall was so important because, for a time, it was the greatest city in the ancient world as it served as a source of inspiration and awe for Assyrians and non

11 KB (1,869 words) - 19:14, 17 September 2021
How did dogs develop into pets
...ogs became domesticated relatively early in complex human societies, their history as pets is generally less clear. ...to their domestication. One idea is that the Siberian, Eurasian, or Middle East grey wolf or their relatives, although not necessarily a direct ancestor of

10 KB (1,597 words) - 01:23, 5 October 2021
What Are the Origins of Egyptology
...de but are not limited to some of the following: archaeology, art history, history/chronology, and philology. Essentially, Egyptology is a modern study that c ...nd decipherment of the Rosetta Stone represented a watershed moment in the history of Egyptology, the march toward understanding the pharaohs began hundreds o

17 KB (2,678 words) - 05:53, 13 September 2021
How did cats become pets?
...- Three Quarter.jpg|thumbnail|left|250px|Figure 1. Seated cat statue from ancient Egypt.]] ...rom their wild ancestor, we can understand their development in the Middle East and beyond more clearly than dogs.

11 KB (1,782 words) - 05:32, 3 October 2021