On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 8:59:07 AM UTC-7, norenxaq via wrote: > > > > The oldest known written record on cannabis use comes from the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung in 2727 B.C. Ancient Greeks and Romans were also familiar with cannabis, while in the Middle East, use spread throughout the Islamic empire to North Africa. In 1545 cannabis spread to the western hemisphere where Spaniards imported it to Chile for its use as fiber. > > > > > Shennong is a myth. therefor, nothing literary can be historically attributed to him https://books.google.com/books?id=NjC-eTffFeQC&pg=PR3&lpg=PR3&dq=Medicine+in+China,+A+History+of+Pharmaceutics&source=bl&ots=S5OTqXaa_9&sig=wcGIE7XSe1eDuX2nYfYYVp8l9ac&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRyeHVq5bNAhXJLmMKHRw-DbI4ChDoAQg4MAc#v=onepage&q=Medicine%20in%20China%2C%20A%20History%20of%20Pharmaceutics&f=false

On Jun 7, 2016, at 9:36 AM, Thomas.Milton.Tinney@lists2.rootsweb.com, Sr. via wrote: > On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 8:59:07 AM UTC-7, norenxaq via wrote: >>> >>> The oldest known written record on cannabis use comes from the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung in 2727 B.C. Ancient Greeks and Romans were also familiar with cannabis, while in the Middle East, use spread throughout the Islamic empire to North Africa. In 1545 cannabis spread to the western hemisphere where Spaniards imported it to Chile for its use as fiber. >>> >>> >> Shennong is a myth. therefor, nothing literary can be historically attributed to him > > https://books.google.com/books?id=NjC-eTffFeQC&pg=PR3&lpg=PR3&dq=Medicine+in+China,+A+History+of+Pharmaceutics&source=bl&ots=S5OTqXaa_9&sig=wcGIE7XSe1eDuX2nYfYYVp8l9ac&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRyeHVq5bNAhXJLmMKHRw-DbI4ChDoAQg4MAc#v=onepage&q=Medicine%20in%20China%2C%20A%20History%20of%20Pharmaceutics&f=false > > being mentioned in a book does not make shennong or his work historical. what you quote pertains to a literary history, NOT an historical one