And largely for this reason that political power in Europe was centered for centuries in the South, around the Mediterranean Sea, which was where they could grow these grains with more reliability.

很大程度上，由于这个原因，欧洲的政治权力几个世纪以来都集中在南部，围绕着地中海区域，在那里他们可以更放心地种植这些谷物。