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Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires
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.
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.
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Editorial : W. W. Norton & Company (30 Julio 2024)
Idioma : Inglés
Tapa dura : 448 páginas
ISBN-10 : 1324051469
ISBN-13 : 978-1324051466
Dimensiones : 6.3 x 1.4 x 9.3 pulgadas
Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº55,211 en Libros (Ver el Top 100 en Libros)
nº19 en Historia de la India (Libros)
nº33 en Historia de China (Libros)
nº118 en Historia Antigua Primeras Civilizaciones (Libros)
Opiniones de clientes: 4.6
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Editorial : W. W. Norton & Company (30 Julio 2024)
Idioma : Inglés
Tapa dura : 448 páginas
ISBN-10 : 1324051469
ISBN-13 : 978-1324051466
Dimensiones : 6.3 x 1.4 x 9.3 pulgadas
Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº55,211 en Libros (Ver el Top 100 en Libros)
nº19 en Historia de la India (Libros)
nº33 en Historia de China (Libros)
nº118 en Historia Antigua Primeras Civilizaciones (Libros)
Opiniones de clientes: 4.6
14 calificaciones
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