Timeline of agriculture and food technology 6500 BC[?] - Evidence of cattle domestication in Turkey. Some sources say this happened earlier in other parts of the world 4000 BC - Egyptians discover how to make bread using yeast 4000 BC - Evidence for rice domestication in the Korat area of Thailand 3500 BC - First agriculture in the Americas, around Central Amazonia or Ecuador 2000 BC - Evidence of domestication of chicken around India, some sources say this happened earlier in other parts of the world 1800 BC - Fermentation of dough, grain, and fruit juices is discovered 600 - The moldboard plow is invented in eastern Europe 850 - Coffee is invented in Arabia 1300 - Arnau de Villanova[?] develops alcohol distillation 1837 - John Deere invents steel plow 1863 - International "Corn Show" in Paris with corn varieties from different countries 1866 - Gregor Mendel publishes his paper describing Mendelian inheritance 1871 - Louis Pasteur invents pasteurization