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Sugar is perhaps one of the oldest and best known commodities in the world. The discovery of sugar dates back to 510 B.C. where soldiers of the Emperor Darius (Darius the Great) near the Indus River discovered "reeds which produce honey without bees". This discovery did not create a huge impact in those times, and it is said that sugar was then re-discovered by Alexander the Great who eventually spread it into the Mediterranean and from there it spread through Europe.
