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Food at the New York World's Fair of 1964–1965 included dishes from American cuisine and varied international cuisines. [1] When some Western European nations refused to attend the fair, due to a dispute between fair organizer Robert Moses and the World's Fair governing body, it created an opportunity for other countries to introduce affordable, ethnic cuisine to American fairgoers.
Merenre Nemtyemsaf I Mernere Ra-mer-en Antyemsaf Mentusuphis Μεθουσοῦφις A small box of hippopotamus ivory inscribed with the royal titulary of Merenre Nemtyemsaf, Musée du Louvre Pharaoh Reign Around 5 years, c. 2283 – c. 2278 BC Coregency Possibly with his father Pepi I, less likely with his successor Pepi II Predecessor Pepi I Successor Pepi II Royal titulary Horus name Ankh ...
The name "durian" is derived from the Malay word duri (thorn), a reference to the numerous prickly thorns on the fruit's rind, combined with the noun-building suffix -an. [5] [6] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word was first used in English in 1588, in a translation of Juan González de Mendoza's Historie of the Great and Mightie Kingdome of China. [5]
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Bikkurim (Hebrew: בכורים, / b ɪ ˌ k uː ˈ r iː m, b ɪ ˈ k ʊər ɪ m /), [1] or first-fruits, are a type of sacrificial offering which was offered by ancient Israelites. In each agricultural season, the first-grown fruits were brought to the Temple and laid by the altar, and a special declaration recited.
The High Priest of Ra or of Re was known in Egyptian as the wr-mꜢw, which translates as Greatest of Seers. [1] The main cult of Ra was in ancient Heliopolis, northeast of present-day Cairo. The high priests of Ra are not as well documented as the high priests of other deities such as Amun and Ptah.
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In ancient Greece, fruit and vegetables were a significant part of the diet, as the ancient Greeks consumed much less meat than in the typical diet of modern societies. [68] Legumes would have been important crops, as their ability to replenish exhausted soil was known at least by the time of Xenophon. [69]