A focus on or emphasis on cereal crops and grain-based agriculture in a particular economy or region.
From 'cereal' plus the suffix '-ism' (indicating a system, practice, or ideology). This economic/agricultural term is relatively modern, emerging as countries developed distinct agricultural specializations.
Cerealism explains why civilizations rose and fell—agricultural societies that mastered cereals (wheat in Europe, rice in Asia, maize in Americas) could support massive populations and build empires!
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