{"product_id":"cats-and-dogs-the-history-9798354944675","title":"Cats and Dogs: The History","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ali Mohammed\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Cats - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudies found that, in the ancient Egypt, cats were worshipped, and the goddess Bastet often depicted in cat form, sometimes taking on the war-like aspect of a lioness. The Greek historian Herodotus reported that killing a cat was forbidden, and when a household cat died, the entire family mourned and shaved their eyebrows. Families took their dead cats to the sacred city of Bubastis, where they were embalmed and buried in sacred repositories. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the other hand, paleontologists and archaeologists have determined that about 60 million years ago a small mammal, like a weasel, lived in the environs of what are now parts of Asia. It is was called \u003cb\u003eMiacis\u003c\/b\u003e, the genus that became the ancestor of the animals known today as canids; dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes. \u003ci\u003eMiacis\u003c\/i\u003e did not leave direct descendants, but doglike canids evolved from it. By about 30 to 40 million years ago \u003ci\u003eMiacis\u003c\/i\u003e had evolved into the first true dog called, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCynodictis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45569006960791,"sku":"9798354944675","price":905.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798354944675.webp?v=1767935616","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/cats-and-dogs-the-history-9798354944675","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}