Bread
I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry.
Key words
- Pioneer: to be one of the first people to do something
He pioneered the design of the Internet.
- Personify: to treat something as if it were in the form of a human being
In Greek myth, love is personified by the goddess Aphrodite.
- Equate: to consider one thing to be the same as or equal to another thing
He equated right-wing politics with racism.
- Epitomise: to be a perfect example of a quality or type of thing
Fast Food has come to epitomise American cuisine.
- Appease: to prevent further disagreement or fighting by letting the opposing side have something that they want
They were given a small pay rise but this was not enough to appease them.
Read the article to find the answers
- Why did people settle in Mesopotamia?
- What did the Egyptians pioneer?
- What did the Greeks invent?
- Why did the Puritans leave England for America?
Mesopotamia & Egypt
The foundations of civilisation were laid when people settled in Mesopotamia to await the wheat harvest. Wheat grains were crushed and mixed with water to make a dough that was toasted on a hot stone while Nisaba, the goddess of grain and writing, was worshipped.
Eventually, this flatbread made its way to ancient Egypt, where the annual flooding of the Nile favoured the growth of wheat. The Egyptians invented irrigation systems, canals and dams. They also left the dough to rise in the sun and pioneered the process of yeast fermentation. During Egyptian festivals, priests baked 'divine bread' in the shape of Osiris, the god of agriculture, life, and more.