Interesting Snippet:
India began trading rice with Persia around 500 BC spreading the grain to the West.
Fun Facts
While China struggled with rice supply. Rice cultivation near Basra (Iraq) led to its introduction to Europe via Alexander the Great in 330 BC. Thus Greek "Oryza" became English "rice." In Western world they were baking bread and rice required boiling so it did not become staple food for quite some time.
Time Pass
Western world for very long was making beer from rice, later from India to Europe, rice's journey changed cuisines and languages.
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