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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?



Wheat, barley, lentils, peas, chickpeas.

Goats, sheep, pig...

Most of those come from the fertile crescent.


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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