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The origins of food production in Egypt
there are two possible sources for the knowledge of agriculture
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the western desert (Africa)
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the hypothesis is mainly based on the discoveries
of domestic cattle and crops at Bir Kiseiba and Nabta
Playa. The evidence for these early domestic cattle have not yet
found widespread acceptance among specialists.
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the southern Levant is very close to the Nile delta.
Agriculture is attested there from about 8500 BC. A wide
range of crops was cultivated.
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