Timeline of agriculture and food technology

6500 BC - Evidence of cattle domestication in Turkey. Some sources say this happened earlier in other parts of the world
4000 BC - Egyptians discover how to make bread using yeast
4000 BC - Evidence for rice domestication in the Korat plateau area of northwestern Thailand
3500 BC - First agriculture in the Americas, around Central Amazonia or Ecuador
2000 BC - Evidence of the domestication of chickens around India. Some sources say this happened earlier in other parts of the world.
3000 BC - Fermentation of dough, grain, and fruit juices is in practice.
600 - The moldboard plough is invented in eastern Europe
850 - Use of coffee is known in Arabia
1300 - Arnau de Villanova develops alcohol distillation
1701 - Jethro Tull invents seed drill
1837 - John Deere invents steel plough
1863 - International "Corn Show" in Paris with corn varieties from different countries
1866 - Gregor Mendel publishes his paper describing Mendelian inheritance
1871 - Louis Pasteur invents pasteurization
1944 - Green revolution begins in Mexico

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