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use of hemp in cakes produced narcotic effects. In 1 3thcenturyAsia Minor, organized murderers, rewarded withhasheesh, were known as hashishins, from which maycome the term assassin in European languages.Hemp as a source of fiber was introduced by thePilgrims to New England and by the Spanish and Portugueseto their colonies in the New World.Objects connected with the useof cannabis were found in frozentombs of the ancient Scythians,in the Altai Mountains on theborder between Russia and OuterMongolia.The small, tepee-like structurewas covered with a felt orleather mat and stood over thecopper censer (four-legged stoollikeobject). Carbonized hempseeds were found nearby. Thetwo-handled pot contained cannabisfruits. The Scythian customof breathing cannabis fumesin the steam bath was mentionedabout 500 B.C. by theGreek naturalist Herodotus.35