Editing Pea (section)

== Distribution and habitat ==
The wild pea is restricted to the [[Mediterranean Basin]] and the Near East. The earliest archaeological finds of peas date from the late [[Neolithic]] era of current Syria, Anatolia, Israel, Iraq, Jordan and Greece. In Egypt, early finds date from {{Circa|4800}}–4400&nbsp;BC in the [[Nile delta]] area, and from c. 3800–3600&nbsp;BC in Upper Egypt. The pea was also present in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] in the 5th millennium BC. Farther east, the finds are younger. Peas were present in [[Afghanistan]] c.&nbsp;2000&nbsp;BC, in [[Harappan civilization]] around modern-day [[Pakistan]] and western- and northwestern [[India]] in 2250–1750&nbsp;BC. In the second half of the 2nd millennium BC, this [[Pulse (legume)|legume crop]] appears in the [[Ganges Basin]] and southern India.<ref>Zohary, Daniel and Hopf, Maria (2000). ''Domestication of Plants in the Old World'', third edition. Oxford: University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-19-850356-9}}. pp. 105–107.</ref>