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As the massive ice sheets that had covered the interior and northern coast of the island continent diminished and finally disappeared, prehistoric Kiravian tribes fanned out across the full breadth of Great Kiravia and gradually began to embrace sedentism a third time. This time, however, the exit from hunting and gathering would be made permanent by the discovery of agriculture. It is currently believed that the domestication of plants was first achieved in [[South Kirav]] between 7700 and 7500 BC, where wild ''{{wp|Echinochloa}} kiraviana'' was domesticated into a cereal crop now known as '''Kiravian millet''' and presently cultivated as a fodder crop. The spread of primitive agricultural techniques across the southerly latitudes spurred several subsequent episodes of domestication, next in the form of the nutritious and delicious {{wp|potato}}. The starchy tuber was first cultivated on the lower slopes of the south-western highlands between 7000 and 6000 BC. A [[Passaïc Culture|separate farming culture]] centred on buckwheat cultivation and beekeeping emerged on the eastern coastal plain toward the end of that timespan. It is not yet definitively known when or where ''{{wp|Elymus}}'' grasses began to be grown by Neolithic Kiravians, but cultivation was well underway in the Elegian Valley by 6900 BC. | As the massive ice sheets that had covered the interior and northern coast of the island continent diminished and finally disappeared, prehistoric Kiravian tribes fanned out across the full breadth of Great Kiravia and gradually began to embrace sedentism a third time. This time, however, the exit from hunting and gathering would be made permanent by the discovery of agriculture. It is currently believed that the domestication of plants was first achieved in [[South Kirav]] between 7700 and 7500 BC, where wild ''{{wp|Echinochloa}} kiraviana'' was domesticated into a cereal crop now known as '''Kiravian millet''' and presently cultivated as a fodder crop. Due to its short growing season, drought-resistance, and general hardiness, Kiravian millet proved suitable for cultivation beyond the mild plains of South Kirav, and were found to be viable in a wide variety of environments further north and higher upland. The spread of primitive agricultural techniques across the southerly latitudes spurred several subsequent episodes of domestication, next in the form of the nutritious and delicious {{wp|potato}} and {{wp|arracacha|crisp potato}}. The starchy tuber was first cultivated on the lower slopes of the south-western highlands between 7000 and 6000 BC. A [[Passaïc Culture|separate farming culture]] centred on buckwheat cultivation and beekeeping emerged on the eastern coastal plain toward the end of that timespan. It is not yet definitively known when or where ''{{wp|Elymus}}'' grasses began to be grown by Neolithic Kiravians, but cultivation was well underway in the Elegian Valley by 6900 BC. | ||
The {{wp|Sus strozzi|Nearctic bearded boar}} was the first mammal to be domesticated in Kiravia,<ref>Genetic evidence shows that {{wp|dogs|canids}} accompanied the Ice Age pioneers over the ice and land bridges from Levantia.</ref> giving rise to the '''Old Kiravian hog''' that is partially ancestral to modern swine stocks in Kirav. While some sort of {{wp|commensal}} relationship between man and boar may have existed among sedentary food-collector communities during Society II, with swine feeding off tidally deposited shellfish and algæ supplemented by human food waste from {{wp|midden}}s, true domestication occurred in multiple locations shortly after sedentary agriculture took root. Domestication of {{wp|camelid}}s, yielding the '''''tinav''''', would take place in the Western Highlands much later, during the third millennium BC. | The {{wp|Sus strozzi|Nearctic bearded boar}} was the first mammal to be domesticated in Kiravia,<ref>Genetic evidence shows that {{wp|dogs|canids}} accompanied the Ice Age pioneers over the ice and land bridges from Levantia.</ref> giving rise to the '''Old Kiravian hog''' that is partially ancestral to modern swine stocks in Kirav. While some sort of {{wp|commensal}} relationship between man and boar may have existed among sedentary food-collector communities during Society II, with swine feeding off tidally deposited shellfish and algæ supplemented by human food waste from {{wp|midden}}s, true domestication occurred in multiple locations shortly after sedentary agriculture took root. Domestication of {{wp|camelid}}s, yielding the '''''tinav''''', would take place in the Western Highlands much later, during the third millennium BC. | ||