Project Gutenberg 2016-10-05 Public domain in the USA. 435 Ashton, John 1834 1911 The History of Bread: From Pre-historic to Modern Times Produced by deaurider, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The History of Bread: From Pre-historic to Modern Times" by John Ashton is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the evolution of bread from prehistoric times, examining its significance as a staple food through various cultures and eras. It addresses the development of bread-making techniques and practices across different civilizations, shedding light on the social and economic impact of bread throughout history. The opening portion of the text introduces the concept that, despite bread being fundamental to human existence, a comprehensive history on the subject had yet to be documented in the English language. Ashton highlights the importance of bread as "the Staff of Life" and begins to trace its development, starting with pre-historic societies. He discusses the dietary habits of early humans, the cereals they cultivated, and the rudimentary tools used for bread-making. There is a detailed mention of archaeological findings that suggest a long history of grain growing and bread production in ancient lake-dwelling communities, thus setting the stage for a deeper exploration of bread's role in human culture and sustenance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 63.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Bread -- History TX Text Browsing: Cooking & Drinking Browsing: History - General Category: History - Other Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 329459 2025-06-21T08:56:32.514469 text/html 306531 2024-10-23T01:12:35 text/html 1639602 2025-06-21T08:56:38.814409 application/epub+zip 1643220 2025-06-21T08:56:33.766478 application/epub+zip 199058 2025-06-21T08:56:33.100459 application/epub+zip 1741861 2025-06-21T08:56:42.575384 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1705923 2025-06-21T08:56:38.141392 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 265211 2022-09-24T06:39:02.870696 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283270 2025-06-21T08:56:31.813451 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 263325 2024-10-23T01:12:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15928 2025-06-21T08:56:42.728380 application/rdf+xml 16886 2025-06-21T08:56:33.230431 image/jpeg 2948 2025-06-21T08:56:33.154463 image/jpeg 1506132 2025-06-21T08:56:32.623475 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog