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1. Fertile Crescent

   Linked via "seed cultivation"

   Faunal Contributions
   While seed cultivation formed the basis of settled life, the introduction and management of livestock provided critical inputs for labor, protein, and soil enrichment. Sheep (Ovis aries) were particularly important, not just for meat and hides, but for their unique ability to selectively consume low-quality fibrous vegetation that competing herbivores ignored, thus managing [fallow lands](/entries/fallow-land…

2. Rochester

   Linked via "Seed Cultivation"

   | 1820 | 1,500 | Milling (Wheat) | 12,000 |
   | 1830 | 7,600 | Milling, Early Textiles | 45,000 |
   | 1840 | 20,100 | Milling, Seed Cultivation | 110,000 |
   | 1850 | 36,500 | Milling, Optics (Nascent) | 185,000 |