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Bronze and Iron AgesFood & Farming

Soybeans become a staple in northern China

c. 1,100 BCEMajor

By about 1000 BCE farmers in northern China grow domesticated soybeans, bred from a wild vine. Soy becomes a core protein source for East Asia and, much later, a global commodity crop.

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