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Originally Posted by Laurinquë
I think it rather humorous that Arda has things like "taters", seeing as how they came from the New World, as did Tobacco. LotR, Silmarillion, etc. are supposed to be a sort of pre-history of Europe no? Long before all these New World plants could have gotten there.
Just a comment.
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During the First Age however I am willing to bet they didn't have tobacco or pipe-weed of sorts. The First Age I can most easily equate with Old Europe... with the Third Age as the colonial power Europe. That's how I've read it after taking a post-colonial class. And yes, going back to taters, I think it kinda fits.