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The domestic chicken is descended primarily from the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) and is scientifically classified as the same species. [6] The traditional poultry farming view, is stated in Encyclopædia Britannica (2007): "Humans first domesticated chickens of Indian origin for the purpose of cockfighting in Asia, Africa
Vavilov's 1924 scheme suggested that plants were domesticated in China, Hindustan, Central Asia, Asia Minor, Mediterranean, Abyssinia, Central and South America. A Vavilov center or center of origin is a geographical area where a group of organisms, either domesticated or wild, first developed its distinctive properties. [1]
The Chinese people were first divided into a caste system of four occupations. 543 BC: The Zheng prime minister Zichan established the state's first written civil code. 520 BC: Ji Gui died. He was succeeded by his son King Dao of Zhou. Dao was murdered by his brother. 519 BC: Dao's brother Ji Gai, King Jing of Zhou became king of the Zhou ...
Corn, beans and squash were domesticated in Mesoamerica around 3500 BCE. Potatoes, quinoa and manioc were domesticated in South America. In what is now the eastern United States, Native Americans domesticated sunflower and sumpweed around 2500 BCE. [11]
The word 'bean', for the Old World vegetable, existed in Old English, [3] long before the New World genus Phaseolus was known in Europe. With the Columbian exchange of domestic plants between Europe and the Americas, use of the word was extended to pod-borne seeds of Phaseolus, such as the common bean and the runner bean, and the related genus Vigna.
For millennia, agriculture has played an important role in the Chinese economy and society. By the time the People's Republic of China was established in 1949, virtually all arable land was under cultivation; irrigation and drainage systems constructed centuries earlier and intensive farming practices already produced relatively high yields.
~7000 BCE: Chinese villagers were brewing fermented alcoholic drinks on small and individual scale, with the production process and methods similar to that of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. [22] ~7000 BCE: Sheep, originating from western Asia, were domesticated with the help of dogs prior to the establishment of settled agriculture, [23]
[19] [20] Rice was domesticated in China between 11,500 and 6,200 BC with the earliest known cultivation from 5,700 BC, [21] followed by mung, soy and azuki beans. Sheep were domesticated in Mesopotamia between 13,000 and 11,000 years ago. [22] Cattle were domesticated from the wild aurochs in the areas of modern Turkey and Pakistan some 10,500 ...