The article debunks common myths and misconceptions about medieval Europe. It explains that medieval people were not ignorant or uneducated, they had methods for preserving food and practiced hygiene, and many supposedly medieval torture devices were actually more recent inventions. The article also discusses how perceptions of the Middle Ages have varied throughout history.
This lesson discusses the domestication of cats, tracing their relationship with humans from the Neolithic era in the Fezzan region of Libya to their current status as pets today. It explains how cats were used to help control pests in storage pits and silos, and how they were revered by Egyptian culture, as well as how they were later adopted by seafarers in the Middle Ages and eventually transported to the Americas and Australia.
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