International Vegetarian Union (IVU)
Museum of Vegetarianism These are articles and pictures not directly related to IVU. For the history of IVU itself see IVU History

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The diet of early humans - index to a collection of articles - the views of naturalists, archaeologists and others
Search the Archives:	Ancient Greece and Rome (800 BC - 325 AD) Hesiod, Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, Diogenes, Epicurus, Ovid, Seneca, Plutarch, Plotinus, Porphyry, Iamblichus Jesus and the early Christians The Essenes, Clement of Alexandria	Ancient India and The East (800 BC - 232 BC Hinduism, Jainism, Zoroaster, Buddhism The Vegetarian Movement in Sri Lanka China & Vegetarianism
Native Americans and Vegetarianism Español Indios Norteamericanos y Vegetarianismo North America: 18th Century USA: 19th Century Sylvester Graham, Henry David Thoreau	Europe: The Middle Ages to the 18th Century Monasteries, St.Francis of Assisi, Leonardo Da Vinci and many more England: Early 19th Century Percy Bysshe Shelley, Bible Christian Church, many more Europe: Late 19th Century Leo Tolstoy, Anna Kingsford, Annie Besant, the formation of the Vegetarian Society UK, and more	Vegetarianism and Vegetarians in Japan - Español - El Vegetarianismo y los Vegetarianos en Jap髇 - Français - V間閠arisme et V間閠ariens au Japon - Indonesia - Vegetarianisme dan Vegetarian di Jepang - Magyar - Vegetarianizmus es a vegetarianusok Japanban Three Main Vegetarian Influences in Japanese Cuisine
North America: early 20th Century Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Spock and more	Europe: Early 20th Century George Bernard Shaw, Albert Schweitzer, Hitler and the Nazis; and much more	Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) - 中文 - 莫汉达斯·卡拉姆昌德·甘地 - いゅ - 馋簙笷吹┰ ﹊紈ヌ - Español - Gandhi
Latin America: late 20th Century North America: late 20th Century Toronto Vegetarian Association and more	Europe: late 20th Century Yehudi Mehuin, Linda McCartney, Poland, Oxford Vegetarians many more	Sri Jayantilal N. Mankar (1895-1977) A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977) The Australian Vegetarian Experience
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