Elephants and Kings: An Environmental History by Thomas R. Trautmann

Elephants and Kings: An Environmental History

Thomas R. Trautmann

304 pages first pub 2015 (view editions)

nonfiction history nature adventurous informative slow-paced
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Because of their enormous size, elephants have long been irresistible for kings as symbols of their eminence. In early civilizations—such as Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus Civilization, and China—kings used elephants for royal sacrifice, spectacula...

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