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Cattle were the first domestic animas capable of pulling a plough. The earliest evidence for the domestication of cattle, during the 8,000 BC, points toward the marshland and forest of the Middle Euphrates Basin.
Humped Zebu (Bos indicus) are believed to have been domesticated around 7000 to 8000 years ago, in the Indus Valley region of modern Pakistan.
Early man used cattle for draft, meat and milk. Cattle were also a measure of wealth.
Several breeds of domesticated cattle were known by 2500 B.C. An interesting frieze from Ur, dating from 3000 B.C, shows that cows were then milked from the rear.
About this same time the fattening of cattle by forced feeding was practiced in Egypt.
In the late nineteenth century, Eduard Hahn has argued that domestication of cattle emerged from religious practices based on awe, fear and admiration of the great bulls, which sometimes stood two meters at the withers.
Modern cattle are descendants of Bos taurus and Bos indicus. Bos taurus are domestic cattle that came from either the Aurochs or the Celtic Shorthorn.
Domestication of cattle
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Domestication of cattle
Cattle were the first domestic animas capable of pulling a plough. The earliest evidence for the domestication of cattle, during the 8,000 BC, points toward the marshland and forest of the Middle Euphrates Basin.
Humped Zebu (Bos indicus) are believed to have been domesticated around 7000 to 8000 years ago, in the Indus Valley region of modern Pakistan.
Early man used cattle for draft, meat and milk. Cattle were also a measure of wealth.
Several breeds of domesticated cattle were known by 2500 B.C. An interesting frieze from Ur, dating from 3000 B.C, shows that cows were then milked from the rear.
About this same time the fattening of cattle by forced feeding was practiced in Egypt.
In the late nineteenth century, Eduard Hahn has argued that domestication of cattle emerged from religious practices based on awe, fear and admiration of the great bulls, which sometimes stood two meters at the withers.
Modern cattle are descendants of Bos taurus and Bos indicus. Bos taurus are domestic cattle that came from either the Aurochs or the Celtic Shorthorn.
Domestication of cattle
- The Celts: Northern Europe Warrior 500 Bc – 100 Ad
In the 5th century BC the Greek writer Ephoros described the Celts as one of the four great barbarian peoples, together with the Scythians, the Persians and the Libyans, who lived beyond the confines of the Classical Mediterranean world. Fighting was...
- History Of The Earliest Painting
The earliest known paintings, representing animals hunted for food, were made by Stone Age artists on the walls if caves of Lascaux, in France, around 25,000 BC. The cave contains nearly 2,000 figures. Over 900 can be identified as animals. Plato an Athenian...
- History Of Hindu Dancing
The earliest civilizations discovered in the Indian subcontinent are those of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa in the Indus Valley, and are dated at about 6000 BC. It would appear that by that time dance had achieved a considerable measure of discipline and it...
- The History And Origin Of Mango
Native to northeast India, north western Myanmar and Bangladesh, they later spread to the rest of Asia by themselves and with the help of humans. The identification of a 65 million year old record of a leaf fossil belonging to the Mangifera in Meghalaya...
- Curry Powder In History
Curry powder is a mixture of spices of widely varying composition based on South Asian cuisine. It is a mixture of coriander, cumin and mustard seeds; red and black pepper; fenugreek and turmeric with possible additions of cinnamon and cloves and cardamoms....