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Small guide to extra virgin olive oilThe first document describing the production of olive oil is the Code of Hammurabi, king of Babylonia, who ruled from 1792 to 1750 before Christ.
Its diffusion in Italy can be attributed first to the Etruscans and later to the Phoenicians and Greeks.
Olive oil production received its biggest boost under the Romans, who drew up a list of five different types of tree on the basis of the quality of the oil they produced.
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Small guide to extra virgin olive oilThe first document describing the production of olive oil is the Code of Hammurabi, king of Babylonia, who ruled from 1792 to 1750 before Christ.
Its diffusion in Italy can be attributed first to the Etruscans and later to the Phoenicians and Greeks.
Olive oil production received its biggest boost under the Romans, who drew up a list of five different types of tree on the basis of the quality of the oil they produced.