UID:
almafu_9959229009202883
Format:
1 online resource (210 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-34072-9
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1-134-34073-7
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1-280-25612-5
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9786610256129
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0-203-07107-7
Content:
In this wide-ranging and often controversial book, Robert Drews examines the question of the origins of man's relations with the horse. He questions the belief that on the Eurasian steppes men were riding in battle as early as 4000 BC, and suggests that it was not until around 900 BC that men anywhere - whether in the Near East and the Aegean or on the steppes of Asia - were proficient enough to handle a bow, sword or spear while on horseback. After establishing when, where, and most importantly why good riding began, Drews goes on to show how riding raiders terrorized the civilized
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 HORSEMEAT; 3 SPEED; 4 CONTROL; 5 PLUNDER; 6 THE IRANIAN EMPIRES; 7 HOPLITES AND HORSEMEN; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-48680-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-32624-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203071076
