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		TheGallopedHigh on Sept 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How far into the Americas did the Vikings travel? Two major sources of Tim in ancient times were Britain (often called Tin island by the romans before they went on to conquer it) and Afghanistan.

rickdangerous1 on Sept 24, 2020 | [–]

How many Tims do you think Britain had back then?

liability on Sept 25, 2020 | | [–]

It was originally a Greek name, so probably not many before the Romans showed up. Maybe a few though.

ncmncm on Sept 25, 2020 | [–]

Now we know that tin was traded from England almost 4000 years ago.

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