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From Ancient Domestication to Modern Solutions: The Camel's Importance in Egypt

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Last updated: 07 Jan 2025

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First presence of camels was since 40 million years ago in the North American content. In Egypt, camels were domesticated before 2000 B.C. in conjugation with the invasions of both Assyrian and Persian. In ancient Egypt, camels were used in army or journey as the king Alexander III did. Also, king Juba used the camels in 46 B.C. to fight Julius Caesar. Moreover, in 331 B.C. After their domestication in Egypt, camels spread to the Mediterranean coast from Nile Nubia after 1500 B.C. and diffused to North East of Arabia Over time, knowledge of the importance of camels increased, and considering as a sustainable ruminant that help in solving the current and coming challenges such as climate change and the increased demand of animal protein. In this review, the historic origin of camels in Egypt and its uses in the ancient world will be discussed, beside to the current importance of camels in Egypt.

DOI

10.21608/ejcs.2024.336962.1021

Keywords

camels, History, camel uses

Authors

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Gamal

Last Name

Ashour

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Fac. of Agric., Cairo Univ.

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gashour57@agr.cu.edu.eg

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Cairo

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First Name

Khaled

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El Bahrawy

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Affiliation

Desert Research Center

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bhrawi@yahoo.com

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Cairo

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First Name

Samah

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Abdel-Rahman

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Mohamed

Affiliation

Animal Production Research Institute

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samah.abdelrahman@yahoo.com

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Giza

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2

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2

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52555

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2024-12-01

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2024-11-16

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2024-12-01

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55

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61

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2090-9969

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2,672

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Egyptian Journal of Camel Science

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https://ejcs.journals.ekb.eg/

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From Ancient Domestication to Modern Solutions: The Camel's Importance in Egypt

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31 Dec 2024