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LEGACY OF THE HORSE

THE FIRST HORSES

Hyracotherium (Eohippus)
Mesohippus
Merychippus
Pliohippus
The Przewalskii and Tarpan Horses

 EARLY HUMAN CONTACT

The Horse of the Steppes
The Hunted Horse: The Early Hunters

THE DOMESTICATION OF THE HORSE

What Domestication Really Means
What We Know
What We Theorize - When and Where Domestication Occurred

EARLY ATTEMPTS AT RIDING

Early Attempts at Riding: Overview
The Soft Bit and Bridle

HARNESSING THE HORSE

The Wheel
Kikkuli, 1345 BCE
Riding Comes to the Near East: 1350 BCE
The Scythians, 800 BCE
The Horse in Early China
The Chinese Learn to Ride for Survival

THE CLASSICAL WORLD, 700 BCE

The Classical World, 700 BCE
Xenophon: The Father of Classical Equitation
Alexander and Bucephalus Conquer the World
The Mythical Horse

THE ROMAN EMPIRE: 27 BCE - 476 AD

Early Roman Cavalry
The Circus Maximus
Roman Roads
The Early Horseshoe
Attila the Hun, 406-453 AD

MEDIEVAL HORSE: 476 - C. 1450

The Battle of Hastings, October 14, 1066
Horses Were Specifically Bred for Warfare and Chivalry
Tournaments
The Demise of Heavy Armored Cavalry
Knight versus Moor
Genghis Khan and the Mongol Horsemen: 1203
From Swords to Plow-sharers: New Uses for an Old Friend
The Hunt
Medieval Horse: 476 - c. 1450: Overview
Battle of Poitiers Begins the Rise of Cavalry: 732

THE RENAISSANCE: C. 14TH - C 1650 CENTURIES

The Renaissance: c. 1450 - c. 1650 Centuries: Overview
Don Quixote and Sancha Panza Ride into Legend
Haute Ecole: 1561
Leonardo Da Vinci Draws the Horse: 1452-1519
Polo
A Revolution in Transportation

RETURN TO THE NEW WORLD

The Spanish Return Equus to its Prehistoric Home
Breeding for New Uses
The New Cavalry
Sport of Kings
A Revolution in Vehicles
Colonial Horses

ORIGINS OF THE BLOODED HORSE

THE THOUROUGHBRED HORSE IN AMERICA

THE HORSE IN AMERICA: 1776

SETTLING THE AMERICAN WEST

THE HORSE IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN SPORT

1900 - THE HORSE IN TRANSITION

HORSES OF THE WORLD: THE LEGACY OF THE HORSE