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... Europe . Taboos against horseflesh first appear with the rise of ancient Middle Eastern empires . The Romans also refused to eat horses , and during early medieval times , the horse seemed on the verge of becoming a kind of European ...
... Europe . Taboos against horseflesh first appear with the rise of ancient Middle Eastern empires . The Romans also refused to eat horses , and during early medieval times , the horse seemed on the verge of becoming a kind of European ...
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... Europe with the exception of the southern fringe of the Iberian Peninsula lies outside the northern limits of the swarms . European farmers were not entirely free of other species of locusts , but the European species seldom caused the ...
... Europe with the exception of the southern fringe of the Iberian Peninsula lies outside the northern limits of the swarms . European farmers were not entirely free of other species of locusts , but the European species seldom caused the ...
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... Europe European hunting dogs , 187-89 Europeans , 132 , 146–47 , 151 , 214 and beef , 109 and insects , 154 , 156 , 160 , 164 , 169 , 171-73 and milk , 139 see also Eastern Europeans ; Northern Europeans Evans - Pritchard , E. E. , 177 ...
... Europe European hunting dogs , 187-89 Europeans , 132 , 146–47 , 151 , 214 and beef , 109 and insects , 154 , 156 , 160 , 164 , 169 , 171-73 and milk , 139 see also Eastern Europeans ; Northern Europeans Evans - Pritchard , E. E. , 177 ...
Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
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