The Jordan Valley was known in Islamic times as a hub for sugar production. The most detailed historical account is written by Nuwayri (1279-1333) on the production of the Egyptian city of Qus.The ...
A kind of elixir, a cure for every ailment, an answer for every mood, sugar featured prominently in ancient New Guinean myths. In one the first man makes love to a stalk of cane, yielding the ...