You can listen to this page as an audio file. Spices, Scents and Silk: Catalysts of world trade, James F Hancock, 2021. CABI. I first encountered James Hancock’s work at the World History Encyclopedia site (e.g. his...
Tag - civilisation
Nigel Chaffey
You can’t beat a good book
You can listen to this page as an audio file. A Cultural History of Plants* by Annette Giesecke (Anthology Editor) and David Mabberley (Anthology Editor), 2022. Bloomsbury Publishing. I like books [actually, I love them...
This plant book is amazing
A book that considers not only how plants have nourished the body, but also the soul.
How a microbe moulded mankind
The Rise of Yeast: How the sugar fungus shaped civilization by Nicholas P. Money, 2018. Oxford University Press. I am a Botanist: All aspects of plants and plant biology are of interest to me. But, I’m particularly...
If ’10 000 BC’ is the answer, the question is…?
This article focuses on the possible advent of human agriculture occurring 23,000 years BP.
