The layout repeated itself as far as the eye could see, interrupted only by a random village or a grove of naked trees surrounding a rural home. Even here, far from encroaching cities, humankind had dramatically altered the environment to suit its needs and ensure survival. Come spring, the fields would be sowed with plant seeds not native to this land. Over the centuries, America’s hardy varieties of wheat, oats and various other grains had been imported from Europe. And long before those food staples had been transplanted in European soil and selectively bred over millennia, they’d been naturally thriving in the Middle East’s Fertile Crescent - a veritable paradise for early humans. Similarly, horses, cows, sheep, chickens and pigs - none of which had been native to the Americas - were brought in by early European settlers. But every one of these domesticated animals and beasts of burden originated from the Middle East. The same pattern applied to humans themselves. Over 60,000 years ago, the first hunter-gatherer groups ventured out from North Africa and crossed the land bridge into the Middle East (an exodus across the Sinai long before Moses fled Egypt) to embark on their intercontinental migrations.
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