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	animal husbandry animal husbandry aspect of agriculture concerned with the care and breeding of domestic animals such as cattle, goats, sheep, hogs, and horses. Domestication of wild animal species was a crucial achievement in the prehistoric transition of human civilization from hunting-and-gathering to... Read more
	Domestication DomesticationI. The Food-producing RevolutionRobert J. BraidwoodBIBLIOGRAPHYII. Animal DomesticationRobert H. Dyson, Jr.BIBLIOGRAPHYI THE FOOD-PRODUCING REVOLUTIONThe domestication of plants and animals marked the beginnings of effective food production by man, a stage in human sociocultural... Read more
	ornamental brasses ornamental brasses Brass, a copper-zinc alloy produced since imperial Roman times, is closely associated in art with bronze, a copper-tin alloy (see bronze sculpture ). Brass was generally fashioned into utilitarian objects such as bowls, pots, and jugs. In the Middle East, China, and Japan, brass... Read more
	Chinese Dynasties Chinese Dynasties Chinese Dynasties Dynasty Characteristics and History Hsia c.1994-c.1523 BC Semilegendary Emperor Yu built irrigation channels, reclaimed land. Bronze weapons, chariots, domestic animals used. Wheat, millet cultivated. First use of written symbols. Shang or Yin... Read more
	Dependency Theory Dependency Theory A RICH DEBATE EMPIRICAL CHALLENGES A LASTING LEGACY BIBLIOGRAPHY In the early 1950s, a group of economists stationed at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) in Santiago, Chile, launched a rigorous research program around one pressing question:... Read more
	goldfish goldfish freshwater fish, genus Carassius, of the family Cyprinidae, popular in aquariums and ponds. Native to China, it was first domesticated centuries ago from the wild form, an olive-colored carplike fish up to 16 in. (40 cm) long. It reverts to this type when it escapes from domestication... Read more
	cattle cattle name for the ruminant mammals of the genus Bos, and particularly those of the domesticated species, Bos taurus and B. indica. The term oxen, broadly used, refers also to closely related animals, such as the buffalo and the bison . Narrowly used, ox refers to a mature castrated... Read more
	Breeching Breeching In early America an important rite of passage in the lives of small boys was the moment they wore breeches or trousers for the first time. In infancy and early childhood, boys and girls were relegated to the feminine domestic circle and were dressed alike in petticoats, gowns,... Read more
	black market black market the selling or buying of commodities at prices above the legal ceiling or beyond the amount allotted to a customer in countries that have placed restrictions on sales and prices. Such trading was common during World War II wherever the demand and the means of payment exceeded the... Read more