Commercial crop or plantation system? Sugarcane production from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Fábregas García, Adela Pilar Al-Mu'tamid, king and lord of Seville, lives in his Abbadid court sorrounded by luxury. His garden are full of exotic plants, tended by the ost experienced botanist. His household abounds in the most sophisticated spices and perfumes. One day, his wife I'timad sees common women kneading clay with their feet to make bricks. She wishes to do so as well, and tells her husband. He, in order to please her, brings large quanties of sugar, ginger and perfumes to the palace courtard, so she can knead the perfumed mud with her feet. 2024-01-29T09:33:17Z 2024-01-29T09:33:17Z 2018 book part Fábregas, A. (2018). Commercial crop or plantation system? Sugarcane production from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. En Th. F. Glick y otros (coord.) From Al-Andalus to the Americas (13th-17th centuries). Destruction and construction of Societies (pp. 301-331). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004365773_011 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/87448 https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004365773_011 eng open access Brill