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CobraGT
03/12/23 8:24:15 PM
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1rst, 2nd century Rome was trading with India and China.


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Gritty
03/12/23 8:32:11 PM
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Silk Road
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ellis123
03/12/23 8:33:14 PM
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Where did you think they got pasta from?

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coolguyjimmy
03/12/23 8:35:45 PM
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Wait until you hear about Silphium...
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K181
03/12/23 8:37:12 PM
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Chinese silk was basically the first culture war in the west. It was considered an effeminate decadence and a waste of treasury.

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Gritty
03/12/23 8:47:35 PM
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ellis123 posted...
Where did you think they got pasta from?
That was Marco Polo bringing it back from China about 1000 years later
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ellis123
03/12/23 8:48:22 PM
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Gritty posted...
That was Marco Polo bringing it back from China about 1000 years later
Mama mia.

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Gritty
03/12/23 8:49:15 PM
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ellis123 posted...
Mama mia.
Fun fact: pizza delivery has been a thing in Italy since the renaissance era
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ellis123
03/12/23 8:49:40 PM
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Gritty posted...
Fun fact: pizza delivery has been a thing in Italy since the renaissance era
:O

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ROBANN_88
03/12/23 8:51:11 PM
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Gritty posted...
That was Marco Polo bringing it back from China about 1000 years later

technically, no
they already had pasta in Italy before Marco Polo

it's been a while since i looked that up, but i believe in his text, he's describing the noodles and directly compares it to the kind of pasta he's already familiar with from home

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WhisperWolf2005
03/12/23 8:52:42 PM
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Any guesses as to what Marco Pollo brought?
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coolguyjimmy
03/12/23 8:54:05 PM
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WhisperWolf2005 posted...
Any guesses as to what Marco Pollo brought?

I can tell you what he didn't bring. Garum.
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toreysback
03/12/23 9:01:53 PM
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marco

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indica
03/12/23 9:41:05 PM
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Gritty posted...
Fun fact: pizza delivery has been a thing in Italy since the renaissance era
Nah, back then, what we think of as "pizza" was leftover scraps for the poor

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