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A controversial giant statue of a White Horse by sculptor Max Wallinger is soon to be erected at the Ebbsfleet station in southern England, the UK’s new gateway to continental Europe for Eurostar high-speed...
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From Han China to the Industrial Era
Pita Kelekna
In the fourth millennium BC, yoke harnessing was originally designed for paired bovid draft. Also known as throat-and-girth, this mode of harnessing was...
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The ninth post in the series The Horse in Human History
Gaucho from Argentina, 1868 (Wikipedia)
The story of the Spanish conquest of the Americas is well known. In a hemisphere where the horse had been...
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The eighth post in the series The Horse in Human History
When Muslims invaded Iberia in the eighth century, they did not succeed in conquering the entire peninsula. In 718, Christian forces defeated the...
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Genghis Khan, from National Palace Museum in Taipei
Post seven in her series on The Horse in Human History
Orphaned early in life, the young Genghis was forced to scavenge as an outcast for survival on...
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The sixth post in The Horse in Human History blog series.
The ritual sport of buzkashi has traditionally been played by steppe tribes with the carcass of a goat, calf, or sheep. Whereas nowadays this equestrian...
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A New York Times Editorial notes a new development in the long-raging debate over when horses were first domesticated, and, more tough to tell, ridden. Pita Kelekna sent this to me. She’s always...
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The 5th Installment The Horse in Human History Blog Series
Pita Kelekna
In 331 BC, of course, Alexander daringly overthrew Achaemenid might; notwithstanding, hostilities between Greece and Persia were...
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A controversial giant statue of a White Horse by sculptor Max Wallinger is soon to...
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From Han China to the Industrial Era
Pita Kelekna
In the fourth millennium BC, yoke...
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The ninth post in the series The Horse in Human History
Gaucho from Argentina, 1868...
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The eighth post in the series The Horse in Human History
When Muslims invaded Iberia...
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Genghis Khan, from National Palace Museum in Taipei
Post seven in her series on The...
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The sixth post in The Horse in Human History blog series.
The ritual sport of buzkashi...
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A New York Times Editorial notes a new development in the long-raging debate over...
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The 5th Installment The Horse in Human History Blog Series
Pita Kelekna
In 331...
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