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Why did greeks grow foods like olives and grapes instead of grains and wheat?

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20% of land was fertile enough for planting crops. Grain crops, such as barley and wheat, were planted in October and harvested in April or May. Olives were harvested November through February.

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although they did grow wheat they didn't do it as often because their soil wasn't very saturated (wet). Grape Vines are also very hard to kill. plus grape Vines and olive trees prefer "well drained soil" which means the soil doesn't have water pooling around it. grapes and olives need oxygen so it doesn't need that high quality of water or soil

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