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Today, farming comes to Europe. The University of Houston s College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. In fall, 1974, my family and I walked a trail on the plateau above the Serbian side of the Danube. It was rainy and verdant. Small farms broke into the forest here and there. The compact and efficient style of farming seemed old as the river itself. I didn t realize that day above the Danube that these were the very first northern European farmlands. Peter Bogucki tells how agriculture passed through this gate on its way into Europe. ....