In northern Mesopotamia, now northern Iraq, cultivation of barley and wheat begins. (jan 2, 8000 BC – jan 1, 7000 BC)
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At first they are used for beer, gruel, and soup, eventually for bread. In early agriculture at this time, the planting stick is used, but it is replaced by a primitive plow in subsequent centuries.Kiple, Kenneth F. and Ornelas, Kriemhild Coneè, eds., The Cambridge World History of Food, Cambridge University Press, 2000, p. 83
"No-Till: The Quiet Revolution", by David Huggins and John Reganold, Scientific American, July 2008, pp. 70–77.
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Date:
jan 2, 8000 BC
jan 1, 7000 BC
~ 1000 years