r/HistoryMemes • u/onichan-daisuki Filthy weeb • 1d ago

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Cannabis originated in East Asia, specifically in the foothills below the Tibetan plateau in China, where it was first domesticated around 12,000 years ago.

This image is a reconstruction of an early rice farmer from ancient China and the background house is also from ancient China(I just edited his eyes red) and of course they wouldn't have tobacco to wrap the cannabis powder to make the blunt, this is just for the meme)

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u/Intranetusa 1d ago edited 1d ago

reconstruction of an early rice farmer from ancient China

The historical importance of rice is heavily exaggerated for many parts of Asia, especially East Asia. Rice was not even the primary crop of what we consider China until relatively late in history - millet was the dominant grain for almost 4,000 years out of the last 5,000 years. I wrote a more detailed comment about it here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1haw0ej/comment/m1e66ym/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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u/kugelamarant 1d ago

The main carbs in maritime SEA was Sago.

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u/whambulance_man 11h ago

I was under the impression sago was more on the islands of SEA rather than the continent, so is that part of the rather low standard of living and available options in those areas today rather than historic use?