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Greening Up Arid Spain with Arab Water Tech

Spain and Portugal share a peninsula that is mostly a high, arid plateau. Portugal’s western coast receives most of the rain. The capital cities of Muslim Andalusia were clustered on the arid plateau; Cordoba gets about 7 inches of rain … Continue reading

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Would you like water with your meal, sir?

The highly spiced, meaty dishes at a feast made diners thirsty. What did they drink? First, what didn’t they drink? Water. Water was universally shunned as a beverage, for a number of reasons. First, cold water was considered unhealthy by … Continue reading

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