HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -It is believed that the first agricultural hearth was the Fertile Crescent, located in the Middle East. Other ancient agricultural hearths emerged in Southeast and East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Mesoamerica (Valley of Mexico and northern South America).

Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: An agricultural hearth is known as the “birthplace” of a crop, or where a crop is known to have originated before its spread throughout the world. Squash, potato, cocoa, and maize (corn) are crops which originated in Southern Mexico. Southwest Asia was the agricultural hearth for barley and wheat.