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  2. Yeast - Wikipedia

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    Candida is commonly found as a commensal yeast in the mucous membranes of humans and other warm-blooded animals. However, sometimes these same strains can become pathogenic. The yeast cells sprout a hyphal outgrowth, which locally penetrates the mucosal membrane, causing irritation and shedding of the tissues. [120]

  3. Old Babylonian Empire - Wikipedia

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    However, Babylon was just one of the several important powers among Isin and Larsa. The accomplishments of the first known king of the Dynasty, Sumuabum, include his efforts in expanding Babylonian territory by conquering Dilbat and Kish. [7] His successor, Sumualailum, was able to complete the wall around Babylon that Sumuabum had begun ...

  4. Babylon - Wikipedia

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    The main sources of information about Babylon—excavation of the site itself, references in cuneiform texts found elsewhere in Mesopotamia, references in the Bible, descriptions in other classical writing, especially by Herodotus, and second-hand descriptions citing the work of Ctesias and Berossus—present an incomplete and sometimes ...

  5. Babylonia - Wikipedia

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    Babylonia (/ ˌ b æ b ɪ ˈ l oʊ n i ə /; Akkadian: 𒆳𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠, māt Akkadī) was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Kuwait, Syria and Iran).

  6. When did Neanderthals interbreed with ancient humans ... - AOL

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    The Neanderthal DNA found in modern human genomes has long raised questions about ancient interbreeding. New studies offer a timeline of when that occurred and when ancient humans left Africa.

  7. Timeline of biotechnology - Wikipedia

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    5000 BCE – Chinese discover fermentation through beer making. 6000 BCE – Yogurt and cheese made with lactic acid-producing bacteria by various people. 4500 BCE – Egyptians bake leavened bread using yeast. [1] 500 BCE – Moldy soybean curds used as an antibiotic. 300 BCE – The Greeks practice crop rotation for maximum soil fertility. [2]

  8. Al-Yahudu Tablets - Wikipedia

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    The public records do not contain information on the location and date of the discovery of the documents in Iraq, and it seems that they were not found in an archaeological excavation. The first time the public was exposed to the documents and the settlement of al-Yahudu was in an article by two French researchers in 1999, which dealt with ...

  9. History of bread - Wikipedia

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    In ancient times the Greek bread was barley bread: Solon declared that wheat bread might only be baked for feast days. By the 5th century BC, bread could be purchased in Athens from a baker's shop, and in Rome, Greek bakers appeared in the 2nd century BC, as Hellenized Asia Minor was added to Roman dominion as the province of Asia ; [ 23 ] the ...