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What number was actually the Swedish king Charles XII?

The 16th century work of the Swede John Magnus on the history of the Swedish kings was fictionalized, but still has major implications. Magnus came up with 5 Eriks before Erik the Victorious and 6 Karls before Karl Sverkersson. Therefore, the famous king Charles XII was actually only the sixth.

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When were cats domesticated?

Cats are very ancient animals. Cat remains have been found that are millions of years old!

The domestic cats that we know so well are descended from the wild cat, but we don't know which one, because that was too long ago. Perhaps all varieties, or breeds, of cats are descended from two or three small wild cats that existed in Europe, North Africa and Asia thousands of years ago.

It is believed that they were first tamed about 5000 years ago. We know that 4000 years ago the Egyptians had tame cats. People worshiped them, and some deities were depicted with a cat's head. Cats were even sacrificed.

When a domestic cat died, the Egyptian family and all servants shaved their eyebrows and went into mourning. The death of the temple cat has put the whole city in mourning. Many mummies of these animals have been found, made in the same way as the mummies of pharaohs and noble courtiers. The only payoff for killing a cat was death!

In Europe before 1000 AD. e., probably, there were no tame cats. In ancient times, Europeans treated these animals in a completely different way than the Egyptians. It was believed that a devilish spirit was imprisoned in it. The Devil was often depicted as a black cat, and it was believed that witches turned into cats.

Different breeds of cats, and just individual individuals differ from each other as much as dogs. It is easy to distinguish longhaired cats from shorthaired ones. Of the long-haired, the most famous are the Angora and Persian.

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