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Cyril Darlington, “Chromosome Botany; and the Origin of Cultivated Plants“, 1963 was the topic of an earlier blog post.  Cyril Darlington was a botanist who stated that the “origin of farmed plants” was 10,000 BC; and, at a “dozen centers” around the globe. 

Here I present:  Jean Bottera, “The Oldest Cuisine in the World”, 2011 was a monograph on the “Yale Culinary Tablets” of 1730 BC Mesopotamia.  The “Yale Culinary Tablets”, 1730 BC is the oldest cookbook in history.   Terrien De Lacouperie, “The Old Babylonian Characters and their Chinese Derivates“, 1888 (bookcover shown below) was the topic of an earlier blog post.   Marcus Gavius Apicius, “Apicius: Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome“, First Century 

AD was the topic of an earlier blog post.   It is my contention, that the  “phonetic alphabet” of the Romans (Apicius) is derived from the Ancient Egyptian “logographs” (see diagram below).  Ptolemy V Epiphanes, “Rosetta Stone: The Petroglyph“, 169 BC was the topic of an 

earlier blog post.  Petroglyphs are “images” carved into rocks; and, logographs (Chinese, Egyptian, etcetera) are “writing” symbols.  The “Yale Culinary Tablets” and the “Rosetta Stone” demarcates “Art” transition from “sculptor/painter” to “scribe/calligrapher”.  Thus, the transition is from “visual” to “literary” Art for humanity.

Jean Bottera, “The Oldest Cuisine in the World“, 2011 was a monograph on the “Yale Culinary Tablets” of 1730 BC Mesopotamia.  The “Yale Culinary Tablets”, 1730 BC is the oldest cookbook in history.  According, to botanist such as Cyril Darlington, the “origin of farmed plants” was 10,000 BC.

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