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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Questions

1. When did people start eating dates?
2. What did nomadic tribes eat while traveling across the Arabian and Saharan deserts?
3. Who traveled across these deserts and left us with a journal of his travels?
4. From which location in Morocco did this traveler start his journey?
5. How long did it take him to arrive at Taghaza, Northern Mali?
6. What trade were people of Taghaza involved in that their houses were made from?
7. What was the name of the southern oasis town located on the southern edge of the desert?
8. When did the Mali Empire exist?
9. When was Ibn Battuta alive?
10. What was the name of the capital city of Mali Empire?
11. How long was he in the capital city?
12. Was Timbuktu the wealthy city at this time Ibn Battuta visited?
13. What is tagine?
14. Who cooked tagine?


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