{"product_id":"2940150926349","title":"Hemp Around The World","description":"The first discovery of industrial hemp dates back to 8000 years B.C. It has since been accepted as one of the oldest agricultural crop known to man. It represents an important part of the world's history because every country that discovered it, found it useful in many ways. The most common uses of this plant are five; hemp for fabric, cordage, food, medicine, and narcotics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChina has one of the earliest evidence and longest history of cultivation of hemp and has a recorded numerous uses of the plant. Notably, almost all uses of hemp discovered in the past originated from China. As far back as 6000 years, hemp was already being cultivated in china initially for fiber.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor many countries, hemp was an important product for trade and colony. Countries like Britain managed to gain control over others because they had significant control over hemp production. Other regions like Russia gained fame as producers of high quality hemp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiddle East countries like Yemen, Oman, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Syria knew hemp as hashish. These countries are largely dominated by the Islam religion that not only heavily smoked hemp but also used it for their religious rituals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween 1100AD and 1300 AD, hemp entered Africa through two routes from Russia. In 1100AD, Egyptians were already using it like their fellow Muslims in the Middle East while in 1300AD hemp was discovered in Ethiopian pipes which later on spread to east Africa and the rest of Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHemp production in many regions grew steadily as demand increased with warships using hemp for their sails and militaries using it for their clothes. Up until early 20th century, industrial hemp was such a valuable crop that many countries preferred producing it to producing other crops.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith industrialization came the start of hemp's declined production. The main reason for this was the introduction of steam ships and production of cotton. Steam ships replaced the old sails meaning that hemp was no longer needed their sails. Cotton came as a preferred alternative to hemp as it was not as labor intensive as compared to hemp and its mechanization grew faster than that of hemp.","brand":"Nebula Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47109763105008,"sku":"2940150926349","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150926349_p0.jpg?v=1763755971","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150926349","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}