A History of the Animal World in the Ancient Near East

• Author(s): Billie Jean Collins,
• Publisher: BRILL
• Pages: 620
• ISBN_10: 9047400917
  ISBN_13: 9789047400912
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Europe / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Human Geography , Social Science / Regional Studies ,

Description:... This book is about all aspects of man’s contact with the animal world; sacrifice, sacred animals, diet, domestication, in short, from the sublime to the mundane.
Chapters on art, literature, religion and animal husbandry provide the reader with a complete picture of the complex relationships between the peoples of the Ancient Near East and (their) animals.
A reference guide and key to the menagerie of the Ancient Near East, with ample original illustrations.