The Domestication of Dogs and Cats: The History and Legacy of People’s Favorite Pets by Charles River Editors

Author:Charles River Editors
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Published: 2020-11-26T00:00:00+00:00

Rival forces, it seemed, were well-aware of the Egyptians' astounding obsession with cats and seized the opportunity to use this intel to their tactical advantage. In 525 BCE, a horde of Persian soldiers, as directed by Cambyses II, marched into the Egyptian city of Pelusium. The Egyptian locals rubbed their eyes furiously in disbelief. Each soldier had a cat tucked underneath one arm, and were brandishing a shield painted with the image of Bastet with their free hand. Unwilling to even entertain the notion of angering Bastet or harming even a single fur on the heads of these darling kittens, the locals raised their white flags at once.

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