The Dutch gold age (1700) was based on hemp farms .
Rope , sail's , gear and clothing where al hemp .
A hemp rope or sail could be used for 5 years before it was worn .
Any other plant fibre didn't last more then a year .
Until late 1800 hemp was like oil , control the hemp , control the world .
Oil gave opportunity for powers to switch from main resource .
A resource that didn't require farmers to make it grow .

A lot we fabric today from oil can also be made from hemp .
Just consider rope , is oil based rope (nylon/plastic) a small or big
part off plastic grain socked oceans ?
Didn't Diesel invent his first diesel engine on and for hemp-oil .
And why where all wwII army cloths made from hemp ?

The deeper you get in to the history of hemp the more confused it get's .
Or it must be the psychoactive compound i just inhaled . ;-)