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This dimension groups crops by the era in which they were first domesticated. Wikipedia notes that "agriculture developed in some 13 centres around the world, domesticating different crops and animals" across many different periods. Browsing by domestication era lets a visitor compare crops first grown in the same period.

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10th century CE, or possibly earlier

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1750s

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2250 BC

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2300 BC

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5000 years ago

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8250 BC

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About 10000 BC (earliest archaeological finds)

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About 2000 years ago

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About 8000 years ago

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Before 1000 BC

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Between 7000 BCE and 5500 BCE

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by circa 500 BC in Mesoamerica

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by circa 5000 BC in both hemispheres

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circa 2000 BCE

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circa 2500 BCE

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circa 3500 years before present

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circa 5000 BCE

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circa 6000 BC

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circa 6500 to 5500 BCE

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circa 7000 BC (from teosinte)

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circa 7000 BCE (Mehrgarh) to 5530-5320 BCE (eastern Arabia)

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circa 8000 to 5000 BC

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circa 8000 to 6000 BC

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Circa 9,000 years ago (Catalhoyuk textile fragments)

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circa 9000 BC

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circa 9000 to 6000 BC

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cultivated in Yemen by the 15th century AD

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Disputed: at least 5,300 years ago, or about 3,600 years ago

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earliest literary mention in Chinese literature, 314 BC

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Not dated in the available source

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Since the third millennium BC

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Food and Agriculture Organization
WikipediaFood and Agriculture Organization, lead section, mandate sentence (Crops category)
Quote, Food and Agriculture Organization, lead section, mandate sentence (Crops category)
a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security
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