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Lang Matl
Author Kelekna, Pita, 1938-

Title The horse in human history / Pita Kelekna.

Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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Location Call No. Status
 CCQ - Lusail Female Library  SF283 .K437 2009    Available
Description xiv, 460 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-448) and index.
Contents Introduction to equestrian man and to Equus -- Equus caballus: horse domestication and agro-pastoralism across the Eurasian steppes -- Nomadic horse culture of the steppes -- Expansion from the steppes to Southwestern and Southern Asia -- China and the steppes beyond its borders -- Equestrian Europe--solar edifices, hippodromes, and Arthurian chivalry -- Arabian conquest from the South -- Turkic-invader converts to Islam and crusader opponents -- From the steppes, the Altaic Nomad conquest of Eurasia -- From Europe, Equus returns to its continent of origin -- Horses are us.
Subject Horses -- History.
Animals and civilization.
ISBN 9780521516594 (hardback)