The idea of agriculture subsequently spread from the Levant into Europe , being adopted by hunter-gathering societies in what is now Turkey , Greece , the Balkans , and across the Mediterranean , eventually reaching north-western Europe and the British Isles .
p20 The idea of agriculture spread from the Levant into Europe , being adopted by hunter-gathering societies in what is now Turkey , Greece , the Balkans , and across the Mediterranean , eventually reaching north-western Europe and the British Isles .