camels

What if Camels never existed? How would the history of the middle east, north africa and central asia change?

What if Bactrian and Dromedary camels were introduced to Europe during the Roman Empire? Would their purpose be as pack animals for trade, livestock, military animals? What obstacles are there to Bactrians and Dromedaries in Europe? Southern Europe should be warm enough for dromedaries, and...

Let's assume that all the horses were eaten before anyone could come up with the idea of domesticating them like what happened in the Americas (donkeys and zebras are still around). How does civilization develop without the horse? What would society look like without horses? What would warfare...

US camel corps was an experiment done from 1856 to 66 testing out if camels could be used by the US military. They proved to be very good at their jobs and the enviroment suited them. However thr civil war stopped the experiment and the military declined them. If the experiment was done...

What if the https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelops survived extinction? Would Native Americans domesticate this animal? How would the European colonisation of the Americas be affected?

So I will admit that this post is largely motivated by my newfound love of Bactrian Camels, however, I genuinelly think it is a very interesting possibility. These animal can stand temperatures between -40 and 40 degrees Celsius, and are one of the only animals known to eat snow as part of their...