The History of Watermelon

Well here it is girls and lads, the moment you've all been waiting for! The history of watermelon! I feel a little bad, like I've mistreated you all because I have waited so long to tell you the history about the one thing we have been talking about this whole time! Well, don't worry cause you don't have to wait any longer, the history of watermelon is here!
So, enjoy!

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Watermelon is thought to have originated in the Kalahari Desert of Africa. The first watermelon harvest occured nearly 5,000 years ago in Egypt and is depicted in Egyptian hieroglyphics on walls of their ancient buildings. Watermelons were often placed in the burial tombs of kings to nourish them in ther afterlife.

From there, watermelons spread throughouot countries along the Mediterranean Sea by way of merchant ships. By the 10th century, watermelon found it's way to China, which is now the world's #1 producer of watermelons.

The 13th century found watermelon spread through the rest of Europe via the Moors.

Southern food historian, John Egerton, believes watermelon made it's way to the United States with African slaves as he states in his book "Southern Food".

The United States currently ranks fourth in worldwide production of watermelon.


Well everyone, that is the history of watermelon! It isn't that interesting but I think it's one of those things that should be known in life. You can't just go walking around in the world not knowing the history of the best food in the world! All information is direclty from http://www.watermelon.org/watermelon_funfacts.asp without that website I wouldn't know any of that and I wouldn't be able to share it with you. Once again keep reading to learn more interesting things about watermelon!