Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates)
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illustrations (some color)
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also available in print
ISBN:
1784533661
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1786720094
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9781350988767
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9781784533663
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9781786720092
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9781786730091
Series Statement:
Library of Classical Studies 10
Content:
Introduction: horses and humans -- Methodology -- The horse -- Prehistoric horses -- The ancient horse types -- The military horse -- The sport horse -- Conclusion: riding into history.
Content:
The domestication of the horse in the fourth millennium BC altered the course of mankind's future. Formerly a source only of meat, horses now became the prime mode of fast transport as well as a versatile weapon of war. Carolyn Willekes traces the early history of the horse through a combination of equine iconography, literary representations, fieldwork and archaeological theory. She explores the ways in which horses were used in the ancient world, whether in regular cavalry formations, harnessed to chariots, as a means of reconnaissance, in swift and deadly skirmishing (such as by Scythian archers) or as the key mode of mobility. Establishing a regional typology of ancient horses - Mediterranean, Central Asian and Near Eastern - the author discerns within these categories several distinct sub-types. Explaining how the physical characteristics of each type influenced its use on the battlefield - through grand strategy, singular tactics and general deployment - she focuses on Egypt, Persia and the Hittites, as well as Greece and Rome. This is the most comprehensive treatment yet written of the horse in antiquity
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781784533663
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1784533661
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781786720092
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781786720091
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1786720094
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781786730091
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350988767
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