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Re:We should discuss soil as much as coal (2019) by riffraff on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @12:48AM (#24195367)
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?

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Re:We should discuss soil as much as coal (2019) by 29athrowaway on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @03:16AM (#24196058)
Wheat, barley, lentils, peas, chickpeas.

Goats, sheep, pig...

Most of those come from the fertile crescent.

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Re:We should discuss soil as much as coal (2019) by jcranmer on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @09:49AM (#24198499)
For 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.
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