History of Sugar
Sugar cane cultivation practices spread to the Eastern Mediterranean (Cyprus) and East Africa (Zanzibar). 8. 1096 – 1099 CE. Crusaders returned to Europe from the Holy Land with prizes of sugar, called "sweet salt". 9. 1101 – 1150 CE. Lebanese land estates near Tyre were established to grow sugar cane and export it to Europe. 10 ~1390 CE. Advanced sugar presses were developed, doubling ...