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Thursday, November 24, 2016

Chapter 6 Dates, 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 6: Dates

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Answer Key

1. People started eating dates 7,000 years ago.
2. The nomadic tribes traveling across the Arabian and Saharan deserts ate camel's milk and dates.
3. Ibn Battuta traveled across these deserts and left us with a journal of his travels.
4. Ibn Battuta started his travel from City of Sijilmasa, Morocco.
5. It took Ibn Battuta to arrive to Taghaza, Northern Mali 25 years.
6. The people of Taghaza were involved in the salt trade.
7. Ovalata was the name of the southern oasis town located on the southern edge of the desert.
8. The Mali Empire existed in the 13th century to about 1600.
9. Ibn Battuta was alive from 1304 to 1369.
10. Niani was the name of the capital city of the Mali Empire.
11. Ibn Battuta was in the capital city for 8 months.
12. No, Timbuktu was not the wealthy city at this time in Mali.
13. Tagine is a North African stew.
14. Nomadic Berbers of Morocco cooked tagine.

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