EPISODE · Jan 15, 2018 · 43 MIN
HOF Episode 4: How to Turn Food into Wealth (Sumer)
from THE HISTORY OF FOOD · host holdios
We’ve done it. We’ve finally crossed into the realm of written records and recorded history.  Join me on an odyssey going back 6,000 years ago, when the Sumerians of what is today southern Iraq, took a mega-surplus of grain and transformed it directly into wealth and power.  In the process, they managed to invent cities, … Continue reading "HOF Episode 4: How to Turn Food into Wealth (Sumer)"
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We’ve done it. We’ve finally crossed into the realm of written records and recorded history. Join me on an odyssey going back 6,000 years ago, when the Sumerians of what is today southern Iraq, took a mega-surplus of grain and transformed it directly into wealth and power. In the process, they managed to invent cities, … Continue reading "HOF Episode 4: How to Turn Food into Wealth (Sumer)"
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