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This is a list of ancient dishes, prepared foods and beverages that have been recorded as originating in ancient history. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with Sumerian cuneiform script, the oldest discovered form of coherent writing from the protoliterate period around 3,000 to 2,900 years BCE.
The Quaternary (/ k w ə ˈ t ɜːr n ə r i, ˈ k w ɒ t ər n ɛr i / kwə-TUR-nə-ree, KWOT-ər-nerr-ee) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), as well as the current and most recent of the twelve periods of the Phanerozoic eon. [3]
This is a category for notable foods that were once eaten but are no longer commonly eaten, or which are no longer eaten in their original form. Subcategories This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total.
This list of historical cuisines lists cuisines from recent and ancient history by continent. Current cuisine is the subject of other articles. Current cuisine is the subject of other articles. Africa
The Quaternary Period, the Cenozoic Era geologic time unit from the end of the Pliocene Epoch, roughly 1.8−1.6 million years ago, to the present day. The Quaternary has 2 geologic/geochronologic subdivisions, the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epochs .
The Quaternary is a geologic period. Quaternary (an adjective meaning "fourth in order" or "composed of four items") may also refer to: Quaternary (chemistry) (see also Quaternary compound and Quaternary phase) Quaternary structure of proteins; Quaternary sector of the economy, which encompasses knowledge-based services
Ancient history – Aggregate of past events from the beginning of recorded human history and extending as far as the Early Middle Ages or the Postclassical Era. The span of recorded history is roughly five thousand years, beginning with the earliest linguistic records in the third millennium BC in Mesopotamia and Egypt .
Nutrition consisted of simple fresh or preserved whole foods that were either locally grown or transported from neighboring areas during times of crisis. Physicians and philosophers studied the effect of food on the human body and they generally agreed that food was important in preventing illness and restoring health.