Monday, July 16 2007
Did you ever wonder why tobacco has been such a cultural fixture throughout the ages? At CigarCyclopedia.com, you'll find
Cigars Across The Centuries, which tracks tobacco's role in history using a concise and interesting timeline. If you want to know how that cigar in your
hand got there in the first place, it's a must-read.
CIGARS ACROSS THE CENTURIES
by Rich Perelman (cigarcyclopedia.com)
In addition to the fall of the Roman Empire, the rise of Europe, the Crusades, colonial expansion, the emergence of independent nations in North and South America and Africa, world wars and economic expansion in Asia, historians chronicling the second millennium of the Common Era will also note the introduction of tobacco and later, cigars, in the last half of this 1,000-year period.
Here’s a brief look back to the beginning of the cigar, with notes on important (and not so important) moments between 1492 and today.
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