Ancient Eats
This ancient river valley civilization in modern-day Iraq brewed some of the first beer.
What is Mesopotamia?
In medieval Europe, this food was often used as a plate.
What is bread (a trencher)?
This “New World” food became essential to the Irish diet.
What is the potato?
French Revolutionaries stormed this place, but not for food.
What is the Bastille?
This global war saw the creation of canned food to feed troops.
What is the Napoleonic Wars?
Bread was a staple food for this ancient civilization that built pyramids.
What is Ancient Egypt?
Nobles in feudal Europe ate lots of this expensive imported spice.
What is pepper?
Europeans brought this caffeinated bean back from the Americas.
What is cacao (chocolate)?
This Enlightenment-era philosopher compared government to a social contract.
Who is Rousseau?
Victory gardens and food rationing were common during this 20th-century war.
What is World War II?
Olives and grapes were central to the diet of this ancient Mediterranean culture.
What is Ancient Greece?
This fermented drink made from honey was common among the Vikings.
What is mead?
This fruit, now common in Europe, originally came from Southeast Asia.
What is the banana?
A shortage of this staple helped spark the French Revolution.
What is bread?
Salt March protest led by Gandhi targeted this colonial power’s monopoly.
What is Britain?
This Chinese invention made preserving vegetables easier and enhanced flavor.
What is pickling?
In feudal Japan, this food staple became central to culture and economy.
What is rice?
This livestock, introduced by Europeans, changed Native American hunting.
What is the horse?
This event involved the dumping of tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This Cold War-era leader is famous for banging his shoe and once challenged America’s grain production.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
Garum, a fermented fish sauce, was wildly popular in this ancient empire.
What is Rome?
During Lent, Europeans had to avoid meat and instead ate this cold-water fish.
What is cod?
Sugarcane plantations in the Americas led to the growth of this trade.
What is the transatlantic slave trade?
The phrase “Let them eat cake!” is often (wrongly) attributed to this queen.
Who is Marie Antoinette?
This country faced famine during Mao’s “Great Leap Forward.”
What is China?