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31Domestic of the Schools — The Domestic of the Schools (Greek: δομέστικος τῶν σχολῶν, domestikos tōn scholōn) was a senior Byzantine military office, extant from the 8th century until at least the early 14th century. Originally simply the commander of the Scholai, the… …
32domestication — See domesticate. * * * Process of hereditary reorganization of wild animals and plants into forms more accommodating to the interests of people. In its strictest sense, it refers to the initial stage of human mastery of wild animals and plants.… …
33agriculture, origins of — Introduction the active production of useful plants or animals in ecosystems that have been created by people. Agriculture has often been conceptualized narrowly, in terms of specific combinations of activities and organisms wet rice production… …
34animal — n. 1) to domesticate an animal; to tame; train a wild animal 2) to trap an animal 3) to hunt wild animals 4) to butcher, slaughter animals (for food) 5) to skin an animal 6) to stuff an animal 7) to neuter an animal 8) a carnivorous, flesh… …
35приручать — ПРИРУЧАТЬ1, несов. (сов. приручить), кого. Располагать (расположить) к себе животных, сделав их ручными, послушными [impf. (of wild birds and animals) to tame, domesticate, train (to obey)]. Чтобы приручать животных, нужны не только и не столько… …
36domesticise — verb overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable He tames lions for the circus reclaim falcons • Syn: ↑domesticate, ↑domesticize, ↑reclaim, ↑tame • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
37Domestication — Dogs and sheep were among the first animals to be domesticated Domestication (from Latin domesticus) or taming is the process whereby a population of animals or plants, through a process of selection, becomes accustomed to human provision and con …
38Akbash Dog — Infobox Dogbreed image caption = An Akbash name = Akbash Dog altname = Akbaş Çoban Köpeği country = Turkey ukcgroup = Guardian Dogs ukcstd = http://mail.ukcdogs.com/UKCweb.nsf/80de88211ee3f2dc8525703f004ccb1e/1bce40c884c90369852570440052f57e?OpenD… …
39Crab-eating Fox — Taxobox name = Crab eating FoxMSW3 Wozencraft | id=14000782] status = LC trend = stable status system = iucn2.3 status ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Sillero Zubiri Hoffmann|year=2004|id=4248|title=Cerdocyon thous|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry… …
40Anna Karenina principle — The Anna Karenina principle was popularized by Jared Diamond in his book Guns, Germs and Steel to describe an endeavor in which a deficiency in any one of a number of factors dooms it to failure. Consequently, a successful endeavor (subject to… …
