[Sca-cooks] Tomatoes??????

[Caius Fabius]

I am reading a book of recipes that supposedly recreate Mesopotamian and 
Egyptian feasts.
The author had ingredients lists including tomatos and tomato paste.  I had 
assumed that
tomatos were a "New World" food, like "Irish Potatos" and "Indian Corn".  Is 
there any evidence of tomatoes in Egypt or Persia before the 1500's AD?

Thank you

Caius Fabius

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