ABSTRACT
Agricultural practices first appeared in southern Europe around the Mediterranean Sea, introduced through contact with the peoples of the Near East. Starting around 8000 b.c.e., groups of people living in Mesopotamia began to migrate north through Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) to the Aegean Sea, bringing discoveries such as farming and animal domestication with them. On the Mediterranean island of Crete and parts of Greece, signs of agriculture appear definitively around 6000 b.c.e.
