Hoof beats : how horses shaped human history

Taylor, William, 1989- author.

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"A new story about domestication of the horse and how horses forever altered the course of human history. Hoof Beats brings together cutting-edge science and archaeological discoveries from around the globe to explore how momentous events in the story of humans and horses helped create the world we live in today. William Taylor, one of the foremost experts on the subject, traces the legacy of the horse from its initial domestication to the invent...

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Animals and civilization

Horses History

Horses Social aspects

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ISBN:

9780520380677

Description:

xvi, 323 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 23 cm

Other Title:

How horses shaped human history

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-293) and index

Contents:

Beat one. Horses and people. Evolution
Connection
Tracing domestication
Beat two. The cart. Wheels
Chariots
Beat three. The rider. Oracle bones
Horseback
Horse people
The Silk and Tea Roads
Steppe empires
Desert empires and savanna empires Beat four. The world. Out to sea
The return
Pampas
Into the Pacific and Down Under
Iron horses
Hoofprints

LCCN:

2024004758

Control Number:

3352678

Other Authors:

Morrison, Barbara, 1953- illustrator

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