Vegans In Ancient Times | The History of Veganism Part One

• published: 29 Apr 2015
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How far back does the vegan lifestyle reach? Is veganism a modern-day invention? Were there vegans in ancient times? In this first edition of The History of Veganism series, we look back- way back- to ancient times, staring 9,000 years ago to trace the roots of veganism to their very source. For complete citations and further reading, see the blog post for this video: http://www.BiteSizeVegan.com/AncientVeganism The time it took to produce this video was around 73 hours. If you’d like to help support Bite Size Vegan so I can continue to burn the midnight (animal-free) oil, check out the support links down below! Tweetables: What is the History of Veganism?: http://ctt.ec/M3249 Were there vegans in ancient times http://ctt.ec/1fSEB The Egyptian Emperor Who Banned Animal Sacrifice: http://ctt.ec/Rn5Mq Non-injury to all living beings is the only religion: http://ctt.ec/fNc2e Vegans: answering the “canine” question for over 2,000 years: http://ctt.ec/cifJb Before Facebook: http://bit.ly/1GGVUEx Featured Videos/Further Resources: What’s Wrong With Wool?: http://bit.ly/1yr0ZZ7 Vegan vs. Vegetarian: http://bit.ly/1xrrCg6 The Morality of Meat: http://bit.ly/1EpFqQs Are We Carnivores?: http://bit.ly/1y2UVWk What’s the Problem With Honey?: http://bit.ly/SayNoToHoney Bite Size Vegan is veganism [simplified]. subscribe for fun, friendly, and fast information on how and why to live vegan! Awesomeness: ★Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BiteSizeSubscribe ★FREE eBook: http://bit.ly/Ebook4Free ★Support BSV & Get Rewards!- Join the Nugget Army On Patreon: http://bit.ly/TheNuggetArmy ★ Support BSV- Give One-Time Donation: http://www.bitesizevegan.com/one-time-donations ★Work With Me!: http://bit.ly/1vPNWQg ★Visit: http://www.bitesizevegan.com ★Shop: http://www.bitesizevegan.com/store Follow Me: ★Instagram: http://instagram.com/bitesizevegan/ ★Twitter: https://twitter.com/BiteSizeVegan ★Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BiteSizeVegan ★Tumblr: http://bitesizevegan.tumblr.com ★Google Plus: http://bit.ly/16BQDP7 ★The Vegan Nugget Playlist!: http://goo.gl/x6RzBX ★Blog Post for This Video: http://www.BiteSizeVegan.com/AncientVeganism VIDEO CONTENTS: Click on a time stamp to jump to that marker- **working on this now** Lead-in with joke (of course): 00:01 Intro & excuses: 00:23 The EPIC title: 01:40 Humans didn’t always eat meat: 01:50 Terminology- vegan/vegetarian: 03:17 Earliest evidence of veg-life 7,000BCE: 04:13 Laws of Manu: 05:15 c.1440 BCE Book of Genesis: 05:49 1380-1362- Akhenten Egyptian Pharaoh: 06:17 c1040-970 BCE Psalms: 06:43 950BCE- Solomon: 07:06 Jainism: 07:38 786-746BCE Book of Hosea: 08:41 740 BCE Book of Isaiah: 08:58 The Yogashastra (c, 500BCE): 09:28 Homer’s Odyssey: 10:09 C. 600BCE Siddhārtha Gautama (Buddha): The Japanese Emperor Tenmu: The Greco-Roman diet: 570 BCE to 495 BCE Pythagorus: 490BCE Empedocles: c.428BCE Plato & Aristotle: c. 372-c. 287 BCE Theophrastus: In 334 BCE Zeno of Citium (Stoicism): 304 BCE – 232 BCE lived The Buddhist emperor Ashoka: 206 BCE–220 CE TOFU IS CREATED!: 60 and 30 BCE Diodorus of Sicily writes Bibliotheca historica: 43BCE Poet Ovid: Seneca (c. 4 BCE-65 CE): 46CE: Plutarch: 205CE Plotinus: 216–276 CE Manichaeism: 234- 305 CE Porphyry: Incredible “vegan” debate from 2,000+ years ago: Wrap up [Finally!]: Music: "Roads That Burned Our Boots" by Jahzarr under creative commons license 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, parody, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.