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Corn?

Discussion in 'History' started by MikeE, Jul 4, 2005.

  1. MikeE

    MikeE Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

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    As I understand it, modern corn is a hybred of Mesoamerican maize.

    Yet, ancient Greece got regular corn shipments from Egypt, Southern Russia and Sicily.

    Can anyone elighten me?
     
    MikeE, Jul 4, 2005
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  3. Scholar_Warrior

    Scholar_Warrior Be Love Now

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    the truth is in your bellybutton.
     
    Scholar_Warrior, Jul 4, 2005
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  5. TrippinBTM

    TrippinBTM Ramblin' Man

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    In the USA (maybe Canada too), we call maize "corn", but the word corn was used for a long time before the Americas were even discovered, it referred to any cereal seed (wheat, barley, oats, etc).
     
    TrippinBTM, Jul 4, 2005
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  7. ElChivato

    ElChivato SeNioR MeMBeR

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    so when greece got these regular shipments of corn, was it corn or was it wheat, barley, or oats?
     
    ElChivato, Jul 5, 2005
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  9. MikeE

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    OK, the archaic meaning of "corn" is "grain." That makes sense. (Darn, one less proof of ancient astronauts.)
     
    MikeE, Jul 5, 2005
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  11. drumminmama

    drumminmama Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    or the mushroom intergalactic spores and lost Red heads of Argon?




    Tom Robbins: Still Life With Woodpecker
     
    drumminmama, Jul 5, 2005
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  13. randy

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    well all i can say- with living here in the heartland of the cornbelt- i couldnt care any less about corn and the history thereof

    in another words: corn sux i hate corn

    or i mean the sight of the fields of it,

    everywhere

    hum

    good luck
     
    randy, Sep 23, 2005
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