Food in the Ancient World
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Ancient Mediterranean Food?
Food of the ancient mediterranean came from America after fifteenth, sixteenth century. Ancient roman greece had nothing to do with these foods at all. Food such as rice, obergins, lemons, oranges were brought by arabs via persia around 600 c e. Barley was a mainstay in ancient greece because land wasn't as fertilised so barley grows better in poor soil.
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