SHEEPLANDS: HOW SHEEP SHAPED WALES & THE WORLD

Human civilisation was not just created by humans: we had the help of many creatures, and foremost among these were sheep.

From Argentina to Australia and from Mesopotamia to Mongolia, just about every country with hills and meadows has adopted and then developed sheep farming as a way of living. And in Wales in particular, sheep played a central role in shaping landscape and culture.

Sheeplands outlines the journeys taken by some of these sheep as they voyaged across the world, both by themselves and with human shepherds, from the earliest human settlements to the present day. Along the way, Alan Marshall paints vivid portraits of the roles sheep have played in the development of the modern world, in times of peace and war, and describes how our sheeplands might continue to influence Wales and the wider world in future years.

ISBN: 9781915279385
Imprint: University of Wales Press
Publication Date: April 2024
Dimensions: 142mm x 223mm
Weight: 400g
No. Of Pages: 256