Cats history
The cats history goes back to even before Egyptian times. But the Egyptians were the first documented cat worshipers. This worship of cats became well known outside Egypt and was seen as rather ridiculous. The cats history was even involved in a famous battle between the Egyptians and the Persians in 525 B.C. The story is told that the Persian commander stationed cats in his front line. The Egyptians refused to attack for fear of harming the animals and so lost the battle against the Persians. The story may be unlikely, but it makes a point about how the Egyptians worshiped and loved the cat. Egyptian art also featured this animal in a humorous vein in much the same way as modern greeting cards.
The Greeks identified cats with women, and in particular with the goddess Venus as Venus was the goddess of farming as well as fertility, the cats history as represented by Greek art pales in comparison to the amount of cats that are noted in a Egyptian art. Historically the feline in Egyptian art sometime shows the cat in domestic settings. Example: sitting at the feet of the owner's chair or on a woman's lap or also in the hunting fields, where they were used to flush out to wildfowl for the hunters. Recent history of the cat
Stories of the recent contribution to history include the feline prowess at hunting small vermin like mice and rats. Early North American settlements relished the presence of cats to help protect the grain storage areas and other food storage areas from attack by local mice and rats. The felines were nice to have around because they were not a direct competitor for the human food source and actually protected it from vermin. The cats extreme efficiency at ridding the settlements of unwanted vermin made them a welcomed and loved member of the community. The history of cats is filled with stories of feline and humans working side-by-side for common goals. A little known fact about cats is that their ability for hunting vermin stems from the ability to hear ultra high-pitched frequencies used by these rodents. The human ear cannot hear these sounds made by the rodents. The cat can not only here at these ultra-high pitch noises, but have a tremendous directional sense of hearing and can pinpoint the location of the undesired animal. Cats history in public health
In the mid-1700s the cats place in society was enhanced by a public health disaster. A sinister visitor began to spread across Europe from Central Asia. It was the Brown rat that carried the Black plague. The plague broke out in Germany and in France by the mid-1700s at this time the cities of Europe and North America were growing at an alarming rate. Building did not keep pace with population growth and the cities became overcrowded and disease ridden and filthy. This filth would attract the hated brown and black rats. Once again, the feline helped the human population by decimating the rat population. Famous cat quotes "Thousands of years ago, cats were worshiped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." Help this cat website grow with a  Custom Search Even people that don't like cats will admit they are very good at entertaining us. See what I mean by watching some funny cat videos Find out more about the people that put this site together and why they love to talk about cats on the homepage. Also get some quick answers to common Cat health problems
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