Editing Distillation (section)

=== Iron Age ===
Early evidence of distillation was found on [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] tablets dated {{Circa|1200 [[BCE]]}} describing perfumery operations. The tablets provided textual evidence that an early, primitive form of distillation was known to the [[Babylonia]]ns of ancient [[Mesopotamia]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Levey |first=Martin |title=Chemistry and Chemical Technology in Ancient Mesopotamia |date=1959 |publisher=[[Elsevier]] |page=36 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=76ILAQAAIAAJ |quote=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.}}</ref>