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The History Of Chillies & How They Conquered The World In 50 YearsChillies have a long, long history and are in fact one of the oldest crops cultivated by man. Many of the uses we know of for chillies such as the combination of chilli and cocoa, and the chipotle (smoked chilli) were developed thousands of years ago. Once Columbus returned to Europe at the end of his second journey in 1496 he is believed to have had chillies with him. From this small start, chillies successfully circum-navigated the world in approximately 50 years. Not a bad effort in an era when the primary transport modes were powered by either wind or horse ! Over the next few pages we'll look into some of the early history and then some of the details of this rapid distribution and who the major players were. We'll also look at the impact the arrival of the chilli had on various cultures.
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