Elephants and kings : an environmental history /

Because of their enormous size, elephants have been irresistible for kings as symbols of their eminence. In the early civilisations - Egypt, Assyria and Mesopotamia, the Indus Civilisation, China - kings have used elephants in royal sacrifice, spectacular hunts, public display of live captives, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Trautmann, Thomas R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Temas:
Elephants > War use > India > History.
Asiatic elephant > India > History.
Asiatic elephant > Ecology > India > History.
Forest conservation > India > History.
Éléphants > Utilisation militaire > Inde > Histoire.
Éléphant d'Asie > Inde > Histoire.
Éléphant d'Asie > Écologie > Inde > Histoire.
Forêts > Conservation > Inde > Histoire.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Asiatic elephant.
Asiatic elephant > Ecology.
Elephants > War use.
Forest conservation.
Kings and rulers.
Asiatischer Elefant
Kriegführung
India > History, Military.
India > Kings and rulers > History.
India.
Indien
History.
Military history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Because of their enormous size, elephants have been irresistible for kings as symbols of their eminence. In the early civilisations - Egypt, Assyria and Mesopotamia, the Indus Civilisation, China - kings have used elephants in royal sacrifice, spectacular hunts, public display of live captives, and the conspicuous consumption of ivory - all of them tending toward the elephant's extinction. But the kings of India, as Thomas Trautmann writes in this book, found a use for elephants that actually helped preserve their habitat and numbers in the wild: war.
Descripción Física:1 online resource : maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226264530
022626453X

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