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Since the beginning of human civilization, cats and dogs have become human companions and lived together with humans. In different eras and cultures, cats and dogs are sometimes reduced to dinner, killed and abused, sometimes enshrined as gods, and even inadvertently change the fate of mankind. The history of cats and dogs is not only the history of their domestication, but also reflects the diverse and rich cultural scene of a society. This book selects ancient civilizations from China, Egypt, the Maya, Europe, Japan and other regions to observe the attitudes of different groups of people from princes and nobles to common people towards cats and dogs. It also explores the role of cats and dogs in history from multiple dimensions such as religion, art, language and so on. As close companions of human beings, furry dogs and cats have faithfully recorded the evolution of human civilization.