Is the practice of smoking one specific to modern or Western cultures, or has it been around for a long time throughout the world? Did the people of ancient societies like ancient Greece and Rome smoke? I'm just curious.
2007-01-04 10:35:07 · 4 answers · asked by Orange Roses 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
One of the very first historians was Herodotus, who lived in the 400's BC. He noted that Scythians (inhabitants of Asia a little south and east of present-day Europe) enjoyed burning plants and inhaling their fumes until they were intoxicated. Thus smoking in some shape or form has been around for pretty much all of human history.
Smoking pipes, too, seem to have been developed by numerous cultures independantly throughout the world, though their exact design and appearance varies from culture to culture (and continues to do so!).
What, exactly, was smoked in those pipes also varied broadly depending on local availability. Even before tobacco, for example, there was opium and marijuana.
2007-01-04 10:56:19 · answer #1 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do know it's at least as old as the seventeenth century. Look on ' images ' Adrian Brouwer - ' The Smokers '. I wouldn't be surprised if it was. Drug use ingested as something you smoke is old as well.
2007-01-04 18:37:51 · answer #2 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as i understand it, tobacco was introduced to Europe from the Americas, after 1492.
2007-01-04 18:37:32 · answer #3 · answered by niko 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they did.
2007-01-04 18:38:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋