Archaeologists believe that the ancestors of cats before this time, before 200 million years ago. The ancestors of cats are a group of animals that eat meat, that tigers, panthers, leopards, lions and cheetahs, with all these skilled hunters. These animals, scientists are all included in the "Felius catus' family. They have special meaning, such as hearing and smell, seeing up to 10 times better than the human senses. Estimate that the cat we know today, wereabout 2 million years ago.

Nobody knows for sure, but most people believe that the Egyptians first, the domestication of wild cats were in about 3500bc. These cats have been domesticated not only animals but have been used to protect farms and over gainery by pests like mice, rats, cockroaches and snakes and other animals that turn harmful to their grains. Some 2000 years later, the house cats were considered sacred and were revered by the people of Egypt. Laws weretoo negative against cats, and have not been performed. At one point been considered previously licensing costs and the Pharaoh. When a cat died, the family that had shaved their eyebrows as a symbol of mourning for the person. The family then went to a sacred ceremony, where the cat was mummified and placed in a temple or a tomb. Cat mummies were ultimately more human mummies and Egypt, archaeologists found a single grave, with more than 250 000 mummies of a cat.

Catswere honored in paintings, sculptures and scriptures in temples, tombs and pyramids of the people in Egypt. Many upper-class Egyptians have cats, but the poor could not afford to own, but if he owned a farm or grainy, would protect their crops and cereals.

As the cats were skilled hunters, many people wanted them to kill the parasites living in their homes. Egyptian law stated that it is strictly forbidden to export cats to neighboring countries.Historians believe the illegal trade in domestic cats brought countries like the Middle East and Europe. Gradually, people want cats in their homes and in their local community. The spread of domestic cats in Asia and, finally, almost every living human being. At one point during the Middle Ages, people were suspicious that cats with witchcraft and the devil were connected. For this reason, people started to kill the cats in Europe, who owned a cat was thought to bePracticing witchcraft and was killed. There were no cats to kill mice, rats and other pests, have begun to take delivery, fell seriously ill and died because of fatal diseases are exercised. He died about a quarter of Europe's population, because of this. People eventually changed his mind, the cats have become popular again and people accept cats in their homes.

Today cats are second most common pets, with dogs before. Today, 1 / 5 of households own a cat. They areimportant because they take care of one of the animals easier and for their loyalty, love and playfulness. There are many different races, but today there are 36 major races as well.