Aethelflaed<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SilkRoads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilkRoads</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> </p><p>A study has ascertained that the domestic cat were traded along the Silk Roads to China. Cats arrived into China about 600CE, which was 1500 years after their introduction into Europe. Cats were given as gifts by merchants to wealthy Chinese. </p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-study-finds-that-domestic-cats-traveled-the-silk-road-to-china-about-1400-years-ago-180986206/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/</span><span class="invisible">a-new-study-finds-that-domestic-cats-traveled-the-silk-road-to-china-about-1400-years-ago-180986206/</span></a></p>