The answer is:
1. Sugar cane was cultivated in New Guinea. The first people to produce sugarcane were in New Guinea, around 8,000 years BC.
2. Persians introduced sugar to the Middle East. Before that, the cultivation of sugarcane had expanded to Southeast Asia, China and India.
3. Sugar was used in the Middle East. After the sixth century, the Arabs also cultivated sugar cane and developed techniques for sugar production.
4. Europeans acquired sugar. The Arabs introduced sugar and sugar production systems in Europe, and it was first grown in Sicily in the 9th century.
5. Columbus brought sugar to Hispaniola. He actually took sugarcane seedlings on his second voyage to the West Indies in 1493. In Hispaniola, the first sugar harvest was in 1501.
