UID:
almafu_9959323174502883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiii, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :
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illustrations (some color).
Ausgabe:
First edition.
ISBN:
1-350-98876-6
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1-78672-009-4
Serie:
Library of Classical Studies 10
Inhalt:
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.
Anmerkung:
Introduction: horses and humans -- Methodology -- The horse -- Prehistoric horses -- The ancient horse types -- The military horse -- The sport horse -- Conclusion: riding into history.
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Also available in print.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-78453-366-1
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.5040/9781350988767
