剧情简介: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, spectacular hunts, public display of live captives, or the conspicuous consumption of ivory – all of them tending toward the elephant's ext...(展开全部)
作者:Thomas R. Trautmann
出版社:University Of Chicago Press
ISBN:9780226264226