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Sesame
Sesame is a flowering plant cultivated for its oil-rich seeds, one of the oldest oilseed crops. It was grown widely in ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East. Accounts of the Sasanian Empire list sesame among the crops of Mesopotamian agriculture that sustained a dense population and generated taxable surplus.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sesame. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sesame
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- “Sesame.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sesame. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Sesame’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sesame (Accessed: ).
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