ext_174476 ([identity profile] bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] urbpan 2011-05-02 12:57 pm (UTC)

According to the Stuff You Missed in History Class podcast (February 7th of this year), tulips are native to Turkey and Central Asia. The Ottomans domesticated them. They were brought to Europe in the mid-1500s by the amasador for Ferdinand I of Austria to Suleiman the Magnificent.

Podcast can be grabbed from the HowStuffWorks.com web site.
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