8 Sesame Seed Benefits

Sesame Seeds History

There are believed to be thousands of different sesame seed plants grown around the world today, most of which are wild and not harvested. Sesame seeds are one of the oldest oilseed crops known to man, mentioned in ancient scriptures of Babylon and Assyria over 4,000 years ago and domesticated well over 3,000 years ago! Remains of sesame seeds recovered from archeological sites have been dated to 3500-3050 B.C. Records show sesame seeds were traded in parts of Mesopotamia and the Indian sub-continent around 2000 B.C., while others show it was cultivated in Egypt during the Ptolemaic period.