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Levey, Martin (1959). Chemistry and Chemical Technology in Ancient Mesopotamia. Elsevier. стр. 36. „As already mentioned, the textual evidence for Sumero-Babylonian distillation is disclosed in a group of Akkadian tablets describing perfumery operations, dated ca. 1200 B.C.”
Haw, Stephen G. (2012). „Wine, women and poison”. Marco Polo in China. Routledge. стр. 147—148. ISBN978-1-134-27542-7. „The earliest possible period seems to be the Eastern Han dynasty ... the most likely period for the beginning of true distillation of spirits for drinking in China is during the Jin and Southern Song dynasties”