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631 BCE - 79 CE: Silphium is the major cash crop of the city of Cyrene and surrounding Cyrenaica in North Africa.
276 BCE - 250 BCE: Magas rules as king of Cyrene; silphium plant is featured prominently on currency.
96 BCE - 79 CE: Silphium is harvested and overgrazed to extinction.