Question

In Mediterranean agriculture, when did the addition of the olive and the vine to wheat crops occur?

A. At the end of the monolithic period.

B. During the Cro magnum era

C. At the end of the Neolithic period

D. Before the Paleolithic age.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C. At the end of the Neolithic period.

Both the olive tree and the wine tree have started to be cultivated in the Mediterranean region at the end of the Neolithic period. The olive tree cultivation can be traced back to 7000 years BC in southern Italy, while the wine tree to 4500 years BC in Greece.