The pigs influence on history, its more than just farming (pt 1)

Pigs have been domesticated for over 11,000 years! Thats a bunch of history to cover!

Not much happened from 11,000 bc to 8,000bc but in the early Neolithic (8,000 bc) Pigs played a very important part in Chinese culture and Chinese agriculture. Pigs were used as garbage disposals and their manure was used to fertilize the nutrient poor soil. They were a cultural symbol of wealth and being lazy. Finally they were used in a variety of rituals.

Around 3000 bc the pig was a central component of Mesopotamian farming. They had a nutrient poor diet but pigs provided slightly more nutrients. Also Egypt used a variety of pig products to enhance their cooking.

At about 327 bc Alexander the great used pigs in war to scare the Indian war elephants. (Their squeals were so loud that the elephants were.

At around 240 BCE the romans copied the Greeks and used their war pigs against war elephants (at a larger scale than the Greeks.) these pigs were set on fire to squeal louder and to run around in their pain. This was even more effective then the Greeks. However a hundredth as ethical.

Credits: Surprisingly this small article took a titanic amount of research but thanks to the following people it was possible. Research help: ”Marshmallow” “Supersonic Jet”

Inspiration: Caroline, Maddie, and Oliver.