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A brief chronology of the use of hemp fibers in ancient history

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Archaeologists have found a huge amount of evidence that hemp fiber is an active way of used during the entire period of human existence.
 
Hemp fabric since ancient times been used for the manufacture of clothing and footwear, the fiber was the basis for the production of twisted products (ropes, ropes, nets, etc.), hemp seeds were an integral part of the ancient diet, and hemp oil based on ancient cosmetics and pharmacology.
 
So far, most of the ancient textiles from natural causes are not preserved. However, archaeologists during their research found a huge amount of evidence that hemp fiber is an active way of used during the entire period of human existence.

A brief chronology of the use of hemp fibers in ancient history

■ (7500 BC to 5700 BC) Linen weaved with hemp found at Catalhoyuk in Turkey - (7500 BC to 5700 BC), the remains of hemp fabric in the village of Çatalhöyük (Turkey)
 
■ (5000 BC to 3000 BC) Yangshao pottery with rope impressions thought to be made with hemp found in the Henan Province along the Yellow River - (5000 BC to 3000 BC) found in the valley of the Yellow River in Henan Province (China) pottery Yangshao with prints of rope made of hemp
 
■ (3700 BC to 3100 BC) Excavation at Botai in northern Kazakhstan reveal textile impressions in the pottery, likely made from unwoven, twined bast hemp - (3700 BC to 3100 BC) in During the excavation botai culture (Kazakhstan) have been found embedded in the textile ceramics, probably made of hemp-woven fabric
 
■ (1700 BC to 1100 BC) Shang dynasty period hemp fabric found in ruins near Taixi village in Hebei province - (1700 BC to 1100 BC) hemp fabrics period of the Shang Dynasty found in the ruins Taiksi near the village of Hebei Province (China)
 
■ (770 BC to 476 BC) Hemp textile with a silver white design was discovered in a cliff tomb near Guixi in Jiangxi province - (770 BC to 476 BC) with a unique hemp textiles silver-white fabric design found in a tomb near the town of Guiksi in Jiangxi (China)
 
■ (450 BC) - Scythians as recorded by Herodotus cultivate and use hemp (in place of flax) for their clothes - (450 BC) - according to records left by Herodotus, the Scythians (Ukraine, Russia, Turkey) were cultured, and also used cannabis (with linen) as the main raw material for clothing
 
■ (206 BC to 24 AD) Western Han Dynasty hemp corpse covers were from found in tombs in Cansu province - (206 BC to 24 AD) cloth in which to wrap the remains were representative of a dynasty Western Han found in the tomb, located in Gansu (China)
 
■ (206 BC to 24 AD) Hemp cloth was discovered at a ruin site near Changsha in Hunan province - (206 BC to 24 AD) Hemp fabric was discovered during the excavation of the ruins of the ancient settlement near the city of Changsha, Hunan Province (China)
 
■ (721 AD) Two pairs of hemp shoes and a piece of hemp cloth were found in a tomb dated to near Turfan in Xinjiang province of western China - (721 AD), two pairs of shoes and a piece of hemp fabric hemp were found in a tomb near the urban district of Turfan in Xinjiang (China)