How sheep shaped the landscape and culture of Wales and beyond.Human civilization was not just created by humans: we had the help of many creatures, foremost among them sheep. From Argentina to Australia and from Mesopotamia to Mongolia, just about every country with hills and meadows has adopted and then developed sheep farming as a way of living.
Sheeplandsoutlines the journeys taken by some of these sheep as they voyaged across the world, both by themselves and with human shepherds, from the earliest human settlements to the present day. Along the way, Alan Marshall paints vivid portraits of the roles sheep have played in the development of the modern world, in times of peace and war, and describes how sheeplands might continue to influence Wales and the wider world in future years.
Alan Marshallis an author and scholar of environmental humanities. He is the author of several books, including
Ecotopia 2121: A Vision for Our Future Green Utopia in 100 Cities.1.Sheep of the Wild: The Mountains of Western Asia, 13000 BC
2.Villages of Sheep: The Levant, 13000 BC to 9000 BC
3.Towns of Sheep: Anatolia, 7000 BC
4.Cities of Sheep: Mesopotamia, 4000 BC
5.Sheep of Stone Age Wales: Brycheiniog, Wales, 3700 BC
6.Sheep of the Pharoahs: Egypt, 3000 BC
7.Sheep of the Indus Valley: Pakistan/India, 2500 BC
8.Sheep of the Beaker Folk: Gwent, Wales, 2300 BC
9.Sheep of the Golden Fleece: The Aegean Sea, 2000 BC to 517 BC
10.Sheep of the Celts: Wales, 500 BC to 54 BC
11.Sheep of the Roman Empire: Wales/Europe, 50 AD to 383 AD
12.The Flocks of Patricius: Banwen, Wales, 383 AD to 430s AD
13.Sheep of the Dark Ages: Wales/Europe, 400 AD to 800 AD
14.Sheep of the Vikings: Atlantic Europe, 793 AD to 1066 AD
15.Sheep of the Normans: The Welsh Marches, 1067 to 1154
16.Sheep of Christs Servants: Tintern, Wales, 1131
17.A Lion Saved By Sheep: Europel#"
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