Follow the Flock: How Sheep Shaped Human Civilization

by Sally Coulthard

Book Overview

An addictively free-ranging survey of the massive impact that the humble and loveable sheep have had on human history.

From the plains of ancient Mesopotamia to the rolling hills of medieval England to the vast sheep farms of modern-day Australia, the domesticated ungulates of the genus Ovis--sheep--have been central to the human story.

Starting with our Neolithic ancestors' first forays into sheep-rearing nearly 10,000...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643136585
• ISBN13: 9781643136585
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.5"