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Kelekna, Pita, 1938-
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Horses -- History.
Animals and civilization.
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Kelekna, Pita, 1938-
Horses -- History.
Animals and civilization.
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The horse in human history / Pita Kelekna.
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Kelekna, Pita, 1938-
Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Call #:
636
.1
K292h
Subjects
Horses -- History.
Animals and civilization.
ISBN:
9780521516594 (hardback)
0521516595 (hardback)
9780521736299 (pbk.)
0521736293 (pbk.)
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.
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