Marian Elbert, “Pesco-Mediterranean Cookbook”, 2024 was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Cyril Darlington, “Chromosome Botany: and, the Origins of Cultivated Plants”, 1963 was also the topic of an earlier blog post.
Here I present: Cyril Darlington, “Chromosome Botany”, 1963, PART TWO (II).
INTRODUCTION.
The “Mediterranean Basin” consists of three (3) continents: Asia, Africa & Europe. African countries of: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt are not part of the Mediterranean Diet’. Asian countries of Turkey, Syria, Israel, Lebanon also are not part of the Mediterranean Diet’.
Here I presented: Cyril Darlington, “Chromosome Botany”, 1963, PART TWO (II).
COMMENTS.
The United Nations “Food Agricultural Organization” (FAO) uses twelve (12) botanical zones (shown BELOW).
Zone seven (#7) is the FAO region referred to as “Mediterranean” by the United Nations. The crops domesticated first in regions six (6), seven (7) & eight (8) are listed BELOW. Wheat was domesticated in regions #6, #7, #8. Grape was #6, #7 domesticated in regions. Mediterranean is a term used by different people, meaning different things.
