Thanks for sharing that excerpt. DuToit states cannabis is a social plant and spread solely through human networks, but that adopts the closed minded view against natureās own intelligence and distribution networks. Cool.
Most of the research on ancient cannabis movement is stuck in that last millennium. Letās go back to the FIRST millennium. There is one group that most researchers continue to leave out of the mix. Enter The Dragonsā¦
Zhang Xiang, an author who has written about several ancient Chinese-African relations research issues, has also noted that the country called āDou Leā mentioned in the classical Chinese text, Hou Han Shu Xi Yu Zhuan was the famous Adulis harbour in ancient Aksum, Ethiopia. Its envoy arrived at Luo Yang in 100 AD, which was an important milestone in the history of Chinese-African relations.
There are records that date back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). Wealthy merchants travelled on their own dime(not the kingdoms money) to the Horn of Africa. You already knowā¦ hemp seeds changed hands on both sides. Plants were grown and buds were harvested and smoked.
Chinese knowledge about East Africa during the Tang Dynasty (618-907) comes primarily from the Ching-hsing Chi (āRecord of Travelsā) and Yu-yung Tsa ātsu (āAssorted Dishes from Yu-yangā). During the Sung Dynasty (960-1279), most of the information was recorded in the Chu-fan-chih (āGazetteer of Foreignersā) and Ling-wai Taita (āInformation from Beyond the Mountainsā). Further evidence for the early contact with Africa is found in the 1st century A.D. Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, which is one of the few ancient Greek sources on the Red Sea, Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. It appears that even during these early times, private contacts between China and Africa already co-existed with a small number of official contacts. Imperial documents show that during the Han Dynasty there were also cultural and commodity exchanges between China and Egypt. Zheng He, is the most famous of the Chinese diplomats to visit during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in Imperial China, arrived on the East African coast 80 years earlier than Vasco da Gama. During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), when Egypt and Ethiopia were frequently visited by Chinese merchants and diplomats, the Somali region was also a popular port of call.
In 2014, there was conference in Addis Ababa there was an international conference was held with research presentations by African, American, Chinese and Australian speakers.