I am a vegetarian, but don't know much about the history of vegetarianism. I'd love to find out about it.
Believe it or not, vegetarianism has roots all the way back to ancient India and Greece!
Good grief. Didn't realize it was that old! So the people in India and Greece were vegetarians - no wonder their cuisines are loaded with veggie dishes!
That's a very good point! In civilizations in Italy and Greece, they believed in the idea of nonviolence towards animals and vegetarianism was promoted by religious groups and philosphers.