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... Agriculture The region in which Middle Eastern agriculture arose corresponds roughly to the areas in which wheat , barley , peas , lentils , goats , and sheep occur naturally in a wild state ( Harlan 1975 ; Zohary and Hopf 1973 ) ...
... Agriculture The region in which Middle Eastern agriculture arose corresponds roughly to the areas in which wheat , barley , peas , lentils , goats , and sheep occur naturally in a wild state ( Harlan 1975 ; Zohary and Hopf 1973 ) ...
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... agriculture constitutes an outstanding scientific achievement . Many details remain unknown , but there is one overwhelming , indeed stupendous , fact : the domesti- cation of plants and animals by the American Indians did not depend on ...
... agriculture constitutes an outstanding scientific achievement . Many details remain unknown , but there is one overwhelming , indeed stupendous , fact : the domesti- cation of plants and animals by the American Indians did not depend on ...
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... Agriculture The labor productivity associated with advanced forms of irrigation agriculture is higher than in any other preindustrial system . Among irrigation farmers the Chinese have excelled for thousands of years . A detailed study ...
... Agriculture The labor productivity associated with advanced forms of irrigation agriculture is higher than in any other preindustrial system . Among irrigation farmers the Chinese have excelled for thousands of years . A detailed study ...
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