The Faras-Nama-E Rangin; Or, the Book of the Horse...
Title | The Faras-Nama-E Rangin; Or, the Book of the Horse... PDF eBook |
Author | HardPress |
Publisher | Hardpress Publishing |
Pages | 124 |
Release | 2013-12 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781314822564 |
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The Faras-nāma-e Rangīn
Title | The Faras-nāma-e Rangīn PDF eBook |
Author | Saʻādat Yār K̲h̲ān |
Publisher | |
Pages | 124 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | Horses |
ISBN |
The Horse and Its Relatives
Title | The Horse and Its Relatives PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Lydekker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 358 |
Release | 1912 |
Genre | Donkeys |
ISBN |
Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires
Title | Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires PDF eBook |
Author | David Chaffetz |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2024-07-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1324051477 |
A captivating history of civilization that reveals the central role of the horse in culture, commerce, and conquest. 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. Scholar of Asian history David Chaffetz tells the story of how the horse made rulers, raiders, and traders interchangeable, providing a novel explanation for the turbulent history of the “Silk Road,” which might be better called the Horse Road. Drawing on recent research in fields including genetics and forensic archeology, Chaffetz presents a lively history of the great horse empires that shaped civilization.
The Horse in Magic and Myth
Title | The Horse in Magic and Myth PDF eBook |
Author | M. Oldfield Howey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 1923 |
Genre | Animals, Mythical |
ISBN |
A Catalogue of ... [books] ...
Title | A Catalogue of ... [books] ... PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard Quaritch (Firm) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1044 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | Antiquarian booksellers |
ISBN |
Catalogues
Title | Catalogues PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard Quaritch (Firm) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 150 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | Books |
ISBN |