Ancient MISC@1 cultivated MISC@2 saffron -LRB- Crocus sativus ` PERSON@1 ' -RRB- in LOCATION@1 , LOCATION@2 , and LOCATION@3 by the 10th century BC .

Ancient MISC@1 were growing their own type of saffron -LRB- Crocus sativus ` PERSON@1 ' -RRB- in LOCATION@1 , LOCATION@2 , and LOCATION@3 by the 10th century BC .
