Ginger is a spice used in cooking all around the world. But is its history? India and China. cultivating ginger even historical records began. The earliest written medical books of both of these countries, written in the third or fourth century AD, discuss treatments using ginger great detail. Ginger was taken India to the Near East and across the Red Sea until reached the Greek and Roman civilisations over 2,000 years ago. However, when the Roman Empire fell, ginger and uses were lost to most of Europe. It was not until eleventh century that Europe rediscovered ginger. By the fourteenth century, the only spice which was more popular ginger was black pepper. Nowadays ginger grown in tropical countries all around the world. China and India, though, are still the largest exporters.