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_aSF283 _b.W56 2024 |
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_aWinegard, Timothy C. _q(Timothy Charles), _d1977- _eauthor. _9140512 |
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_aThe horse : _ba galloping history of humanity / |
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_aNew York : _bDutton, _c[2024] |
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_axx, 519 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aEverything equus: Taxonomy and terminology -- Introduction -- Part I: Early interactions. The dawn of the horse: equine evolution and bone wars -- Straight from the horse's mouth: I am the grass, let me work -- Eat like a horse: human hunting and vanishing habitats -- Hold your horses: steppes of domestication and the agricultural revolution -- A horse by any other name: the Indo-European domination of Eurasia -- Part II: Forge of empires. Behold a pale horse: apocalyptic chariots and imperial ambitions -- Riders on the storm: cavalry, assyrians, libraries, and scythians -- The education of Alexander: academia and empires -- My kingdom for a horse: the hitched fates of the Chinese and Roman empires -- Dark horses: feudal knights and contending faiths -- Road apples: the medieval agricultural revolution and the making of modern Europe -- Part III: Global trails. Shuttling the Silk Roads: Mongol hordes and Eurasian markets -- The return of the native: the horse and the Columbian exchange -- Big dogs of the Great Plains: horses, bison, and the downfall of Indigenous peoples -- Spiritual machines: the supremacy of the horse -- The final draft: war, mechanization, and medicine -- Equus rising: wild horses, therapeutic healing, and worldwide sports -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Selected bibliography -- Notes -- Index. | |
| 520 | _a"From New York Times bestselling author of The Mosquito, the incredible story of how the horse shaped human history"-- | ||
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_aHorses _xHistory. _9111903 |
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| 650 | 0 | _aAnimals and civilization. | |
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