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makmanalp on June 3, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Remembering When Only Barbarians Drank Milk

> I always found that fascinating because it goes against the stereotype of a olive-oil-based mediteranean diet

That might have a lot to do with the hugely diverse cultural influences in the region over the centuries though

wirrbel on June 4, 2018 [–]

also the turks / selcuks being a pastoral people when migrating to anatolia. Although seldom in the 21st century, there are still some people in anatolia leading half-nomadic lives (at least that is what I was told on my last vacation in Antalya).

makmanalp on June 5, 2018 | [–]

Definitely!

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