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Cats were domesticated in Egypt, not Turkey. And in Ancient times the areas around Istanbul were Greek.
by ginko 6y ago
Cats were domesticated in Egypt, not Turkey. And in Ancient times the areas around Istanbul were Greek.
- inawarminister 6y agoGreeks that called themselves Romans for 2 millennia (200BC - 1800 A.D until the Hellenes name is back I think). Fascinating history. The Roman (Rhomaion) identity was decoupled from the Latin language by the Early Byzantines.
- colechristensen 6y agoThe Byzantines never called themselves Byzantines, they called themselves Roman. Lots of places adopted Roman names with varying levels of legitimacy.
- mr_toad 6y agoThere were Greek speaking colonies around the Bosporus and in Egypt before the Romans got there.
- tim333 6y agoEvolutionarily it seems cats didn't change that much and domestic and wild living cats are pretty similar. It's just that when humans became farmers rodents were attracted to the grain and the cats came and helped out with those. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/06/domesticated-cats-dna-genetics-pets-science/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/06/domesticated...