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the Persian Empire ペルシア帝国
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May 9 is “Ice Cream Day” in Japan. It started in Japan in 1965, but the first ice cream was sold in Japan much earlier, about 100 years ago. I thought ice cream was something modern. However, the history of ice cream may go back 2,500 years to the Persian Empire. The Chinese seem to have eaten a kind of ice dessert for over 1,000 years. For most of history, ice cream was a dessert for rich and powerful people. Then, someone started selling it at a station in Britain in the 1800s. Now, it is popular around the world, a favorite dessert. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)