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including the creation of flour, provided a more reliable source of food. Egyptian sailors carried a flat brittle loaf of millet bread called dhourra cake. A cracker called bucellatum is known from Ancient Rome. King Richard I of England left for the Third Crusade (1189-1192) with "biskit of muslin", which was a mixed grain compound of barley, bean flour, and rye.

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