Paragraph on Wheat (443 Words)

As a cereal plant, wheat is prob­ably the oldest of the crops. Native to the Middle East, it was cultivated in the Euphrates valley by 4000 B.C. and in China and India by 2500 B.C. Wheat is as important a part of the diet and civiliza­tions of the Middle East and that of the European peoples, as rice has been [...]