Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Cannabis sativa has been cultivated by humans for thousands of years both as a narcotic and also for making hemp fabrics. Brand new genetic and archaeological evidence places the original domestication event in China, but indicates that the plant was mainly spread by Indo-European peoples such as the Yamnaya and the Scythians. Cannabis was used in the funerary and religious rites in many pagan religions as well as in ancient Jewish rites in Israel.

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I was aided in research for this video by Chris Bennett of cannabisculture.com
See this blog post for a full list of sources I used: survivethejive.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-ancient-indo-european-cannabis-cult.html

CCTV documentary on Jushi and Tarim mummies youtu.be/gj3Vsc8p1co

00:00 Introduction
01:04 Origin of cannabis
04:33 Early evidence at Jirzankal
06:28 Yanghai shaman
09:26 Scythians
14:55 Iran and BMAC
18:02 India
20:17 China
24:04 Assyrians and Jews
28:25 Early Indo-Europeans
34:26 Celts and Vikings
37:04 End