Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires -- David Chaffet

by David Chaffet

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No animal is so entangled in human history as the horse. The thread starts in prehistory, with a slight, shy animal, hunted for food. Domesticating the horse allowed early humans to settle the vast Eurasian steppe; later, their horses enabled new forms of warfare, encouraged long-distance trade routes, and ended up acquiring deep cultural and religious significance.Over time, horses came to power mighty empires in Iran, Afghanistan, China, India, and, later, Russia. Genghis Khan and the thirteenth-century Mongols offer the most famous example, but from ancient Assyria and Persia, to the seventeenth-century Mughals, to the high noon of colonialism in the early twentieth century, horse breeding was indispensable to conquest and statecraft. /* FONTS AND COLORS */ body { font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.428571429; color: #333; background-color: white; } h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { color: black; } .navbar a, .navbar a:active, .navbar a:hover, .navbar a:visited { color: #333; } .product-specs { background-color: #f1f1f1; padding: 1em; } .product-specs td { font-size:12px; } .attr-left { min-width:6em; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:top; } .attr-right { vertical-align:top; } div.footer { border-top: 1px solid #f1f1f1; } .navbar-default { background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #ffffff 0%, #f2f2f2 100%); background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #ffffff 0%, #f2f2f2 100%); background-repeat: repeat-x; border-radius: 4px; -webkit-box-shadow: inset

• Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
• Year: 2024
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781324051466
• Condition: Fine

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