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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 was still spreading in the direction of such remote regions as Patagonia and Australia when the wave of Neolithic traits was overwhelmed every- where by the convulsive effects of Euro - American colonialism and ...
... agriculture was still spreading in the direction of such remote regions as Patagonia and Australia when the wave of Neolithic traits was overwhelmed every- where by the convulsive effects of Euro - American colonialism and ...
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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 ...
... 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 ...
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