This pattern was also found in India, Egypt, and China. The bones were determined to be those of domesticated animals based on the condition as well as the writings and artwork of the cultures. In Mesopotamia, excavations outside cities and towns revealed a decline in the number of wild gazelle bones after 7000 BCE, while the number of bones of domestic sheep and goats increased from the same year. The domestication of horses changed agriculture, transportation, warfare, and communication. Over time, domestic horses bred with wild horses and eventually spread across Europe and Asia.

Later, elephants, tigers, and lions would also be used in war. Generally, horses were tamed by 4000 BCE and although originally used as a source of meat, were used for riding and pulling loads by 3000-3500 BCE. Although it is uncertain, research shows that horses were first domesticated by the Botai of Kazakhstan around 6000-6500 BCE. By the time of the settlement of the first Mesopotamian city Eridu, it seems that animal husbandry was widespread, and domesticated animals were used for work, food, and kept as pets.Ĭattle were also among the first animals to be domesticated in ancient Middle Eastern and Asian civilizations. By about 8000 BCE, sheep and goats were domesticated throughout Asia goats were domesticated in Mesopotamia first, then followed by sheep and later pigs by 6500 BCE. Domesticated animal bones have been discovered in excavations of fire pits and kitchens left over from human social gatherings. There is evidence that it first began about 10,000-13,000 years ago during the Neolithic Revolution. Husbandry, or the domestication of, care for, and breeding of animals by humans, did not happen all at once.

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