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Yes, ingredients have profoundly shaped civilization. From the agricultural revolution onward, staple foods like wheat, rice, and maize enabled settled societies, surplus production, class structures, trade routes, and empires. Food scarcity or abundance often decided wars, migrations, and cultural evolution.
smithsonianmag.com
As Tom Standage notes in "An Edible History of Humanity," agriculture didn't just feed us—it built the foundations of complex societies.
smithsonianmag.com
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-food-shaped-humanity-83840262/
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