WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Historians say the Phoenicians took cats on their trading voyages to trade and to help keep the rats on their ships under control. They found that many of the people they traded with liked white cats, while the Phoenicians preferred orange striped tomcats.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cats were kept as pets by both Greeks and Romans and were regarded highly. A first century CE epitaph of a young girl holding a cat is among the earliest pieces of evidence of cats in Rome and, in Greece, the playwright Aristophanes (c.

Detailed explanation-3: -Egyptians believed cats were magical creatures, capable of bringing good luck to the people who housed them. To honor these treasured pets, wealthy families dressed them in jewels and fed them treats fit for royalty. When the cats died, they were mummified.