> (something which the west has only relatively recently come around on).

I am not quite sure what you mean by this. Is it consistent with this?

> From the 9th century to the 11th century, farmers in Europe transitioned from a two-field system to a three-field system.

> Ancient Near Eastern farmers practiced crop rotation in 6000 BC, alternately planting legumes and cereals.[1][2][better source needed]

> In China both the two- and three-field systems had been used since the Eastern Zhou period.[3]

And shouldn't the "West" be capitalized in this context, since it is used as a name?