Planting Wheat
Wheat is one of the most important food plants known to humanity. The first archeological evidence of einkorn wheat (one of many varieties) being cultivated by humans suggest it originated in Turkey during the Neolithic period; slightly later evidence finds wheat cultivation in Syria and Iraq. Its introduction as a cultivated crop completely changed our food ways, as the grain can be processed into flour that can be stored for long periods of time and used to make bread. This made it a portable food, which affected the development of nomadic tribal communities and animal husbandry, both important factors in the development of agriculture worldwide.