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Didn't a lot of things from Asia come to the Mediterranean to become omnipresent things? E.g. oranges, lemons, rice. Isn't wheat itself something that spread b
by riffraff 6y ago
Didn't a lot of things from Asia come to the Mediterranean to become omnipresent things? E.g. oranges, lemons, rice.
Isn't wheat itself something that spread both ways from the middle East?
- 29athrowaway 6y agoWheat, barley, lentils, peas, chickpeas. Goats, sheep, pig... Most of those come from the fertile crescent.
- jcranmer 6y agoFor all intents and purposes, I equate the Fertile Crescent with the Mediterranean world. The big divide I'm talking about is crossing from China across the variety of deserts to reach Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean.