Food In The Middle Ages

The foods in the middle ages varied from different cereal grains, to fruits, to expensive meats. These foods of these counties are not the only important factor; we also need to look at the history and identity of each country. Within the history of food we look at the relationship between the cultivation of food, the development of complex civilization, and the growth of trade and commercial networks between 3000BCE and 1500CE. We finally then look at the effects of agricultural in the conflict between the old world and the new world around 1500. Throughout the use of the food network we can look at the relationship between the cultivation of food and the human culture. After the Roman Empire ended, trade with food was quite small and was planted within sections. The used a method called crop rotation, which was an agricultural method. The meals were milk, cheese, and a lot of meat for the barbarians. During the wintertime the farmers would plant wheat. During the springtime the farmers would plant peas, beans, and other cereal grains. This planting of food had brought about crusaders. Farming

River valley civilizations were based on what is called a founder crop, a fundamental cereal grain for feeding a large population. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the Middle East were where the first world’s hydraulic civilization appeared. Egyptian civilization grew up well around the great Nile River. Egyptians created irrigation systems from the Nile River, but they made theirs more intricate than the other civilizations had made their irrigation system. The Egyptians would rotate legumes with cereal, which would stop the salt that was in the water, and give them fresh water to enrich their fields. The Nile River allowed easier travel for the people among their civilization. The Egyptians had year round access to the Nile River and the heat year round is what made the possible severe