The use of dry fruit dates backs to Mesopotamian tablets in around the year of 1700 B.C. People recorded the use of dry fruits and noted the existence of many recipes including dried fruits. Many researchers studied the use and the spread of dried fruits throughout the entire world starting from antiquity and it has been said that Egyptians and mainly Phoenicians were the cultures and the people who held a very important role in expanding the use of dried fruits across the world and managed to extend it to many countries. The popularity of dried fruits stems also from its easy transportation and mainly because of the simplicity of storing it.