ocr: allotted to olive oil, which may well be too small a fraction. Assuming modern yields, from 16,000 to 32,000 olive trees would have been needed to keep the jars filled. Assuming also a modern distribution of trees in the olive groves (from 10 1 to 20 trees per 1,000 square meters), the palace magazines could have held the yield of some 320 hectares. Ifthe remaining two thirds of the storage capacity were taken up by cereals and wine, the land area under cultivation would have been considerably greater than 320 hectares. Major crops such as coriander and saffron would have covered additional la ...
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