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title: "History of bread"  
description: "A short explanation about the history of bread and it's origin"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-04  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2774/history-of-bread  
category: "education, history"  
tags: ["Bread", "foods", "history", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# History of bread

![History of bread](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2cec5289-3aa6-4063-b9da-ed42de2cc776/images/f98e8c4b-3628-4a02-baa0-462728878f09.jpeg) ![History of bread](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2cec5289-3aa6-4063-b9da-ed42de2cc776/images/0492ede9-2933-4da7-a958-eb8b3c9f4be9.jpeg) Bread is one of the earliest prepared foods, dating back over 14,000 years. ![History of bread](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2cec5289-3aa6-4063-b9da-ed42de2cc776/images/59a6a675-db84-4c40-af75-375bd612bf60.jpeg) The oldest bread was most likely a basic flatbread baked on a hot stone from ground grains mixed with water. ![History of bread](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2cec5289-3aa6-4063-b9da-ed42de2cc776/images/bef6f93a-fe73-4ef2-8e34-779c4f1c6449.jpeg) Grains became the mainstay of bread production around 10,000 BC, with the advent of the Neolithic age and the development of agriculture. ![History of bread](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2cec5289-3aa6-4063-b9da-ed42de2cc776/images/d431617a-dec6-47e4-8ba1-ceeb05bc5530.jpeg) The Industrial Revolution in the 19th century resulted in the creation of new breadmaking methods. ![History of bread](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2cec5289-3aa6-4063-b9da-ed42de2cc776/images/f7a68dce-368d-4bde-a67c-d823cf272d86.jpeg) Bread is now consumed in a variety of forms all across the world.

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