9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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Food Stuffs in Mesopotamia
maize only began to be domesticated around seven thousand years ago. At this time, the ubiid culture in mesopotamia was already a thriving agricultural society. The people of the old world had something like a three or four millennial head start. Some have suggested that the nature of the plants themselves may have also been a factor. And once again, the people of the americas suffered a stroke of bad luck. One of the most common food stuffs in mexico was corn, which lightly descended from a plant called tio cinte. It looks nothing like the rich yellow globes of corn we know to day.
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