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Where was the first olive oil produced?
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Hmm. I had to check Wikipedia for this. Olive trees and oil production in the Eastern Mediterranean can be traced to archives of the ancient city-state Ebla (2600 – 2240 BC), which were located on the outskirts of the Syrian city Aleppo. The first recorded oil extraction is known from the Hebrew Bible and took place during the Exodus from Egypt, allegedly during the 13th century BC
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