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Southwest Asia | Wheat, barley, lentil, pea, flax, muskmelon, olive | Sheep, goat, cattle | 8,500 BC |
China | Rice, millet, soybean, adzuki bean, mung bean, hemp | Pig, silkworm | 7,500 BC |
Mesoamerica | Corn, beans, squash, cotton, yucca, agave, jicama, avocado | Turkey | By 3,500 BC |
Andes and Amazonia | Potato, manioc, peanut, cotton, sweet potato, oca, squashes | Llama, guinea pig | By 3,500 BC |
Eastern U. S. | Sunflower, goosefoot. maygrass, little barley, knotweed, Jerusalem artichoke, squash | None | 2,500 BC |
Sahel | Sorghum, pearl millet, African rice, cowpea, cotton | Guinea fowl | By 5,000 BC |
Tropical West Africa | African yams, oil palm, watermelon, groundnut | None | By 3,000 BC |
Ethiopia | Coffee, teff, finger millet | None | ? |
New Guinea | Sugarcane, banana, yams, taro | None | 7,000 BC |
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Command | Redistributive | Monarchical | Revealed knowledge Divine right |
State | Market | Industrial | Humanism |
For a summary of Jared Diamond's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "Guns, Germs and Steel," consult this index developed by Dr. Clark Ford.