Description:
The wheat (Triticum spp.) is a grass grown throughout the world.second Overall, it is the second major crop cereals , after the
The origins of the "king of grains"
The origin of wheat is located SW of the Himalayan massif andNorth Africa (now Turkey); their domestication is dated to about8000 BC, in Mesopotamia from the Tigris and Euphrates, now part ofIraq, Iran and Syria . It was there that the first settledagricultural hamlets.
We the people of Egypt, thanks to his knowledge of the yeast,the invention of leavened bread. Since its inception, this food hasa great connotation: currency symbol was even considered, so thatthe bribes of antiquity were paid in bread (reign of Ramses II,1154 BC).
Wheat was introduced into America from Europe by the Spanishconquistadors, who included the bread in your daily diet.
During the conquest, in charge of agricultural work were reducedand the Indians between 1600-1795, were brought to the area for thesame function, black slaves in Brazil and Angola.
Since 1605, the council authorized the installation of flourmills around Buenos Aires and in 1671 set the weight and price ofbread. This is a clear example of the evolution of agriculture inthe Pampas areas.
"Since the arrival of Don Juan de Garay to Buenos Aires wasallocated the land on the left bank of the stream as land Maldonadobring bread to supply the city, at the time of Governor ValdezInclan - 1702-1708 - was issued a proclamation specifying the areaof these lands from the Conchas River to the Creek and the paymentof Slaughter seven leagues in circuit, and was ordered also toleave "free and unobstructed Terrasgo animals, reserving only thoseprecise for their work "
