Agriculture

The diversity in Syria’s climate is reflected in the region’s agricultural practices. In fact, it was agricultural production in Syria that contributed to its long-term status as one of the wealthiest regions of the eastern Mediterranean. In the northwest, olives and olive oil were produced; wine, too, was produced in the northwest and along the Mediterranean zone; grain was a plentiful cash crop. Animal husbandry was also abundant. The agriculture theme here thus encompasses rural and semi-rural agricultural installations, farms and farmsteads, threshing floors, vineyards, orchards, and olive and wine presses.