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The Horse Reshaped Civilization — Without Horseback Riding

by David Tollen | Oct 2, 2011 | Earliest Civilizations in Eurasia

You’d think horses became important when people started to ride. But actually the horse reshaped civilization long before the first cavalry charge or mounted messenger. During the centuries following 2000 B.C.E., warriors of China, India, the Fertile Crescent,...