SC - Is Arrowroot Period?

[Elaine Koogler]

I'd love to have your documentation for your last statement...it would help
justify my existence!

Kiri

LrdRas at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 4/3/00 7:06:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> CBlackwill at aol.com writes:
>
> << If we are to recreate only Western European
>  culture, then why are there so many Russian and Middle Eastern personae in
>  the SCA?  >>
>
> I don't know about Russians but Andalus (e.g., Spain was the most western of
> European cultures. Outside of that European culture as it existed within the
> time frame of the SCA would not have existed without the Middle East. A
> direct result of that influence is the use of almond milk in recipes and the
> wise use and availability of spices. There are literally hundreds of
> archeological sites throughout Britain and many northern countries which have
> offered up Arabic coinage from the earth.
>
> In a nut shell, the culture, science, textiles, architecture, etc. of the
> barbarous northerners would not have been possible without the influence of
> civilizing influences of the followers of al-Islam. :-)
>
> BTW, as an added note, Japanese traders and emissaries were actually living
> in Venice during a part of the period.
>
> Ras
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