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Thursday, November 24, 2016

Chapter 4 Lamb, Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History by Bill Price

Book: Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7

Chapter 4: Lamb

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1. Sheep was domesticated in Southeastern Turkey and Northern Syria.
2. Sheep were domesticated about 11,000 years ago.
3. The Fertile Crescent is in Western Asia.
4. The wild ancestor of the sheep is the Asiatic Mouflon.
5. Sheep began to have wool about 6,000 BCE.
6. Sheep were located in Zargos Mountains of Iran.
7. Sheep do better on grasslands.
8. Sheep do better as grazers.
9. Goats prefer to browse on the leaves of trees and shrubs.
10. True, The Qashqai are of Turkic descent.
11. The Qashqai use the sheep's milk to make yogurt.
12. The Qashqai made rugs and carpets with the sheep's wool.
13. The Chelow Kalab is a national dish in Iran.
14. The 1688 Glorious Revolution was a revolution that deposed King James II.
15. After the 1746 Battle of Culloden, the British started destroying the clans of Northern Scotland.
16. The British Government executed clan chiefs or stripped of their lands.
17. Clans Chiefs who stayed loyal to the British Government were rewarded with the land taken from the rebels.  Some were awarded titles and incorporated into the British aristocracy.
18. The Enclosure Acts formalized the ownership of land during the Agricultural Revolution.
19. The Enclosure Acts gave title to individuals of common land or communal open fields.
20. True, by some people having these rights to the land, they began clearances of people off the land.
21. The new owners rented the confiscated farms to commercial farmers.
22. The idea behind renting farms to commercial farmers was to farm sheep for meat and wool.  Supply the expanding cities of the Scotland and North of England.
23. Soldiers and policemen carried out the clearances of small farmers.
24. The wool and meat produced in these commercial farms was more expensive than Australia and New Zealand.
25. The heart, lungs, and various other internal organs are minced up with onions and oats and then simmered slowly in a sheep's stomach.
26. 90% of New Zealand's farm produce is for export.

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