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Clara: Those Spainards...

2010-06-28T09:59:50Z

Those Spainards...

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	'''Tobacco''' is another import from the [[New World]] by the [[Spain]]~~ards~~. The word may be related to Tabaco, a province of Yucatan, or the Caribean island of Tobago. However, similar words in Spanish and Italian were commonly used from 1410 to define medicinal [[herb]]s, originating from the Arabic ''tabbaq'', a word dating to the 9th century.		'''Tobacco''' is another import from the [[New World]] by the [[Spain\|Spaniards]]. The word may be related to Tabaco, a province of Yucatan, or the Caribean island of Tobago. However, similar words in Spanish and Italian were commonly used from 1410 to define medicinal [[herb]]s, originating from the Arabic ''tabbaq'', a word dating to the 9th century.

	Used as a sacred herb since at least 3000 BCE in various [[Native American\|North American native]] cultures, tobacco was introduced as a recreational drug in Europe during the [[Elizabeth I\|Elizabethan]] era, imported principally from Spanish colonies in and around the Caribbean and from the English colonies in South Virginia.		Used as a sacred herb since at least 3000 BCE in various [[Native American\|North American native]] cultures, tobacco was introduced as a recreational drug in Europe during the [[Elizabeth I\|Elizabethan]] era, imported principally from Spanish colonies in and around the Caribbean and from the English colonies in South Virginia.
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	==Tobacco in the SCA==		==Tobacco in the SCA==

	In the [[SCA]], as in other medieval [[reenactment]] groups, smoking tobacco is generally seen as an offensive anachronism and those who smoke are encouraged to do it discreetly or at a distance. This restriction is aided, in [[Canada]], by the widespread legal ban of smoking in enclosed spaces.		In the [[SCA]], as in other medieval [[reenactment]] groups, smoking tobacco is generally seen as an offensive anachronism and those who smoke are encouraged to do it discreetly or at a distance. This restriction is aided, in [[Canada]] and [[Australia]], by the widespread legal ban of smoking in enclosed spaces.

	==See Also==		==See Also==

Paul Matisz at 03:02, 18 June 2008

2008-06-18T03:02:55Z

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	[[Tobacco]] is another import from the [[New World]] by the [[Spain]]ards. The word may be related to Tabaco, a province of Yucatan, or the Caribean island of Tobago.		'''Tobacco''' is another import from the [[New World]] by the [[Spain]]ards. The word may be related to Tabaco, a province of Yucatan, or the Caribean island of Tobago. However, similar words in Spanish and Italian were commonly used from 1410 to define medicinal [[herb]]s, originating from the Arabic ''tabbaq'', a word dating to the 9th century.

			Used as a sacred herb since at least 3000 BCE in various [[Native American\|North American native]] cultures, tobacco was introduced as a recreational drug in Europe during the [[Elizabeth I\|Elizabethan]] era, imported principally from Spanish colonies in and around the Caribbean and from the English colonies in South Virginia.

			Unlike the most common [[cigarette\|modern tobacco use]], the Elizabethan [[English]] smoked tobacco in small clay [[pipe]]s, a habit which did not enjoy favour with [[James I\|James Stuart]].

			Tobacco reached the [[Muslim]] world through the [[Ottoman Empire]] at the end of the 16th century, after the end of [[period]].

			==Tobacco in the SCA==

			In the [[SCA]], as in other medieval [[reenactment]] groups, smoking tobacco is generally seen as an offensive anachronism and those who smoke are encouraged to do it discreetly or at a distance. This restriction is aided, in [[Canada]], by the widespread legal ban of smoking in enclosed spaces.

			==See Also==
			*[[cigarette]]
			*[[pipe]]
			*[[hookah]]

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2006-05-27T01:57:31Z

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	[[Tobacco]] is another import from the [[New World]] by the [[Spain]]ards. The word may be related to Tabaco, a province of Yucatan, or the Caribean island of Tobago.		[[Tobacco]] is another import from the [[New World]] by the [[Spain]]ards. The word may be related to Tabaco, a province of Yucatan, or the Caribean island of Tobago.
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Cian at 05:42, 15 June 2004

2004-06-15T05:42:18Z

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[[Tobacco]] is another import from the [[New World]] by the [[Spain]]ards. The word may be related to Tabaco, a province of Yucatan, or the Caribean island of Tobago.