International Vegetarian Union (IVU)
Museum of Vegetarianism For the history of IVU see IVU History

Search the Archives:	The diet of early humans - index to a collection of articles - the views of naturalists, archaeologists and others   Europe / MidEast / Africa 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	IVU Online Library - Digitised copies of complete original books, out of copyright Timelines of Vegetarian History The Ancient World 1400 to 1800 1800 to 1888 1889 to 1907 1908 - Asia /Australasia Ancient India and The East (800 BC - 232 BC Hinduism, Jainism, Zoroaster, Buddhism
The Americas 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 Monasteries, St.Francis of Assisi, Leonardo Da Vinci and many more Europe: 18th Century 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	Asia and Pacific up to 1900 Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka
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
Quotations and Poetry, mostly by Historical Characters