Tag: History

Soultana-Maria Valamoti A time-honoured legume, the lentil has been a component of human diets in Greece since the 7th millennium…

Soultana-Maria Valamoti The earliest chickpeas used as food by prehistoric humans have been found in northwestern Syria and date back…

Soultana-Maria Valamoti Cereals – wheat and barley – have been and continue to be staple components of the diet of…

Soultana-Maria Valamoti The genus Lathyrus, known as grass pea, is represented in Greece by many different species. Some of these…

Soultana-Maria Valamoti Legumes, a primary source of protein for prehistoric societies in Greece, as well as for those of historical…

Soultana-Maria Valamoti In Greece, barley was a key crop cultivated by the first farming communities as early as the 7th…

Soultana-Maria Valamoti Broad beans belong to the group of legumes first domesticated in the Near East, and their cultivation later…

Soultana-Maria Valamoti According to ancient Greek myths about the transition from foraging to farming, the first cereal cultivated by humans…

Soultana-Maria Valamoti Peas are one of the legumes that were cultivated in Greece as early as the 7th millennium BC….

Soultana-Maria Valamoti Legumes have been cultivated in Greece for 9,000 years, since the emergence of the first farming societies in…