While Human-Animal Studies is a rapidly growing field in modern history studies on this topic
that focus on the Ancient World are few. The present volume aims at closing this gap. It
investigates the relation between humans animals gods and things with a special focus on the
structure of these categories. An improved understanding of the ancient categories themselves
is a precondition for any investigation into the relation between them. The focus of the volume
lies on the Ancient Near East but it also provides studies on Ancient Greece Asia Minor
Mesoamerica the Far East and Arabia.
