Akwaziwa ukuthi ikati lokuqala lafuywa nini futhi kuphi. Kepha lokhu kungenye yezinguqulo kuphela. Esigodini i-Indus, abavubukuli bathole izinsalela zekati, okukholakala ukuthi lahlala ngonyaka ka 2000 BC. Ukunquma ukuthi ngabe leli kati belingelekhaya cishe akunakwenzeka yini. Isakhiwo samathambo samakati afuywayo nasendle siyafana. Ukuphela kwento engashiwo ngokuqinisekile ukuthi ikati labuye lafuywa yizinja nezinkomo.
AbaseGibhithe lasendulo badlala indima enkulu ekufuyweni kwamakati. Basheshe bayiqonda indima ebalulekile edlalwa yilesi silwane esiwubukhazikhazi ekugcineni izitolo zokusanhlamvu ziphephile kumagundane nasegundaneni. Akumangalisi ukuthi eGibhithe lasendulo ikati lalibhekwa njengesilwane esingcwele. Ngokubulala kwakhe ngenhloso, isijeziso esinzima kakhulu sanikezwa - isigwebo sentambo. Ukubulala ngengozi kwahlawuliswa inhlawulo ephezulu.
Isimo sekati, ukubaluleka kwaso kwabonakala ekubonakaleni konkulunkulu baseGibhithe. Unkulunkulu welanga, unkulunkulu oyinhloko wabaseGibhithe, waboniswa ngesimo se-feline. Ukunakekela onogada bokusanhlamvu kwakuthathwa njengokubalulekile futhi okuhloniphekile, kusuka kubaba kuye endodaneni. Ukufa kwekati kwaba ukulahleka okukhulu, kwalilwa ngumndeni wonke. Kwahlelwa umngcwabo obabazekayo. Wamunyiswa futhi wangcwatshwa ngosarcophagus owenziwe ngokukhethekile ohlotshiswe ngezithombe zamakhanda ekati.
Ukuthunyelwa kwamakati ngaphandle kwezwe bekungavunyelwe ngokuphelele. Isela elibanjwe endaweni yesehlakalo lalibhekene nokujeziswa ngonya okuyisijeziso sentambo. Kepha ngaphandle kwazo zonke izinyathelo ezithathiwe, amakati asuka eGibhithe aya eGrisi, adlulela eMbusweni WaseRoma. AmaGreki namaRoma sekuyisikhathi eside ethathe izinyathelo zokulwa namagundane aqeda ukudla. Ngale njongo, kwenziwe imizamo yokuthambisa ama-ferrets ngisho nezinyoka. Umphumela wawudumaza. Amakati angaba ukuphela kwendlela yokulawula izinambuzane. Ngenxa yalokhu, abashushumbisi abangamaGrikhi bazama ukweba amakati aseGibhithe ngokuzibeka engcupheni. Ngakho-ke, abameleli bezinkukhu zasekhaya bafika eGrisi naseMbusweni WaseRoma, basakazeka kulo lonke elaseYurophu.
Ukushiwo kokuqala kwamakati afuywayo eYurophu kutholakala eBrithani, lapho ethulwa khona ngamaRoma. Amakati aba yizilwane kuphela ezingagcinwa ezindlini zezindela. Inhloso yabo enkulu, njengakuqala, kwakuwukuvikelwa kwezinqolobane zokusanhlamvu kumagundane.
ERussia, ukubalulwa kokuqala kwamakati kusukela ekhulwini le-XIV. Wayaziswa futhi ehlonishwa. Inhlawulo yokweba umqothuli wamagundane yayilingana nenhlawulo yenkabi, futhi leyo kwakuyimali eningi.
Isimo sengqondo ngamakati eYurophu sashintsha kakhulu saba esingesihle eNkathini Ephakathi. Ukuqala kokuzingelwa kwabathakathi nabazingeli babo, obekungamakati, ikakhulukazi abamnyama. Babongwa ngamakhono angaphezu kwawemvelo, besolwa ngazo zonke izono ezilinganisiwe. Indlala, izifo, noma iliphi ishwa lalihlotshaniswa noDeveli nokwenziwa kwakhe samuntu ngendlela yekati. Ukuqala ukuzingelwa kwamakati kwaqala. Konke lokhu kwesabeka kwaphela kuphela ngekhulu le-18 ngokuphela kweNkantolo Yamacala Ezihlubuki. Izimpawu zokuzonda izilwane ezinomusa ezinikezwe amakhono obuSathane zaqhubeka cishe ikhulu leminyaka. Kuphela ngekhulu le-19 lapho izinkolelo-ze zaba yinto yesikhathi esidlule, futhi ikati laphinde labonwa njengesilwane esifuywayo. Unyaka we-1871, umbukiso wokuqala wekati, ungabhekwa njengokuqala kwesigaba esisha emlandweni "wekati". Ikati lithola isimo sesilwane esifuywayo, esisele kuze kube namuhla.
