RE: [GZG] Small thought re: Orbital Assault

Actually it probably is more like:
5201 BC soldiers find chili peppers and use them to pep up their rations

5200 BC Demand for peppers exceeds wild harvesting and domestication of
pepper varieties begins.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:gzg-l-bounces@lists.csua.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Roger Burton
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Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 10:02 AM
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Subject: Re: [GZG] Small thought re: Orbital Assault

On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 11:56:12AM -0500, Carlos Lourenco wrote:

>It should be a given with any soldier in any army of the world at any
time
>frame from 2000 years ago to 2000 years from now that you will have to
want
>to supplement your field rations with	some little something of your
own in
>order to personalize it to your likings.

5200BC: first chili pepper domesticated in South America.

5199BC: soldiers start to carry chili to pep up the rations.

R
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