Its products, consequently, can have been at no time either very abundant or very varied.

Anciently, the low coast tract seems to have been cultivated to a small extent in corn, and to have produced good dates and a few other fruits.

The mountain region was, as we have seen, celebrated for its excellent pastures, for its abundant fruits, and especially for its grapes.

Within the mountains, on the high plateau, assafoetida (silphium) was found, and probably some other medicinal herbs.

Corn, no doubt, could be grown largely in the plains and valleys of the mountain tract, as well as on the plateau, so far as the _kanats_ carried the water.