Chios is an ideal Greek island in the Aegean, about 8 km from Izmir in Turkey. It is the only place in the world the Mastic trees grow. You would be forgiven for not knowing what they are. They produce a resin that can be used in gum for chewing, making antibiotics for oral health and it is useful in the treatment of diabetes. Mastic was so popular at one time that the Ottoman Empire went to great lengths to protect it and control its marketing. One such event resulted in the massacre of 42,000 people and the reduction of the population from 100,000 to 1800 in the 1820s.
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