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Corn has been the platform for civilization(s) in the Americas since agriculture was invented in Mesoamerica.
by ch4s3 4y ago
Corn has been the platform for civilization(s) in the Americas since agriculture was invented in Mesoamerica.
- cess11 4y agoArguably civilisation and market are orthogonal so the marketisation and commodification under capitalism means there's very little civilisation as well.
- ch4s3 4y agoI have know idea what this string of words means in context. Agricultural products, especially staple grains are all commodities, definitionally: "a raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee." In the Inca store house system for example, potatoes were the central commodity, and all types of foods stuffs were made from the freeze dried potatoes. In MesoAmerica corn was used for food, drink, animal feed, and so on.