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History of Agriculture: Guns, Germs, and Steel, Domestication, Durum, Eliza Tibbets, Neolithic Revolution, History of Agriculture, Food, Inc
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-22.
ISBN 9781156662014
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Guns, Germs, and Steel, Domestication, Durum, Eliza Tibbets, Neolithic Revolution, History of Agriculture, Food, Inc., Agriculture in Ancient Greece, National Ploughing Championships, Roman Agriculture, Agriculture in Mesoamerica, History of Organic Farming, Incan Agriculture, Farming in Ancient Rome, Ridge and Furrow, History of Fertilizer, Burgage, Flurbereinigung, History of Agricultural Science, Flurzwang, Well-Field System, Seeds of Change: Five Plants That Transformed Mankind, Lazy Bed, Ard, the Agrarian History of England and Wales, Rig and Furrow, Waru Warn, Yupana. Excerpt: Agriculture was the foundation of the Ancient Greek economy. Nearly 80 % of the population was involved in this activity. An excellent area of activity for a citizen, it gave birth to a way of life and mores which persisted throughout Antiquity . Environment The Mediterranean climate is characterized by two seasons: the first dry and hot, from April to September (river beds tend to dry up); the second is humid, and is marked by often violent rain storms brought in by west winds, with mild, frost-free temperatures. There are variations to this climate. As such in the mountains winters can be rigorous and snowy. Attica , Cyclades , the south of Peloponnese , and Crete are much more arid than the rest of Greece.Agricultural products Farming An ear of barley, symbol of wealth in the city of Metapontum , Magna Graecia , Stamped Stater , c. 530510 BCE.During the early part of Greek history , as shown in the Odyssey , Greek agriculture - and diet - was based on cereals (sitos ) usually translated as wheat , could in fact designate any type of cereal grain. In reality, 90 % of cereal production was barley. Even if the ancients were aware of the better nutritional value of wheat, the growing of barley was le
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