HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Pigs were domesticated in Mesopotamia around 11, 000 years ago, followed by sheep. Cattle were domesticated from the wild aurochs in the areas of modern Turkey and India around 8500 BC.

Detailed explanation-2: -In China, rice and millet were domesticated by 8000 BC, followed by the beans mung, soy and azuki. In the Sahel region of Africa local rice and sorghum were domestic by 5000 BC. Local crops were domesticated independently in West Africa and possibly in New Guinea and Ethiopia.

Detailed explanation-3: -Spread of crops: the case of barley One of the world’s most important crops, barley, was domesticated in the Near East around 11, 000 years ago (c. 9, 000 BC).