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 area of Thailand * 3500 BC - First agriculture in the Americas, around Central Amazonia or Ecuador * 2000 BC - Evidence of domestication of chicken around India, some sources say this happened earlier in other parts of the world * 1800 BC - Fermentation of dough, grain, and fruit juices is discovered * 600 - The moldboard plow is invented in eastern Europe * 850 - Use of coffee is known in Arabia * 1300 - Arnau de Villanova develops alcohol distillation * 1837 - John Deere invents steel plow * 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

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