Posts Tagged ‘History’
Indigenous Tobacco use, Is Dokha A Drug?
?The Cultural and Ceremonial Significance of Tobacco Use in Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. The earliest recorded instances of tobacco use stem from the Andes Mountains in Modern Day Argentina dating back nearly 2,000 years. By 600CE it is theorized that tobacco was found throughout the entirety of the Americas. Indigenous cultures from the very…
Read MoreEverything About The Medwakh
Traditional Medwakh There are many instances of pipe smoking in the world before the Medwakh. The history of pipe smoking dates back to roughly 2000BCE. Archeologists uncovered long pipes in Egyptian tombs along side mummies of the pharaohs and the elite class of the time. These individuals were buried with pipes so they could enjoy…
Read MoreThe Importance of Dokha in Arabia and the UAE
Vital Agriculture in UAE The Arabian Peninsula, including UAE , has always been a harsh and turbulent place for life and the people whom have inhabitated it’s rugged desert landscape. With very few resources and little water, the tribal communities that have called this place home for millennia have always had to be creative their…
Read MoreThe History of Dokha Tobacco in The Middle East
The history of Dokha begins with traditional Native American tobacco. These ultra-intense strains of wild North American tobacco were introduced to the old world by the European travelers and explorers. This tobacco advanced toward North Africa and spread east to Egypt, the Levant, and at last to down to the Arabian Peninsula. These one of…
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