ग्रिक जारिमिनगिरि हेर'ड'टास (5थि जौथाय खृष्टगिबि) आ रेबगान्थि खालामो दि बिथांनि समाव दालसिनि मसला दारिमिना इजिप्ट आरो फिनिशियनि थागिरिफोरजों गोहोमसेथाय खालामजादोंमोन।
The Greek historian Herodotus (5th century BCE) records that in his time the cinnamon spice industry was monopolized by the Egyptians and the Phoenicians.