Raiders, Rulers, and Traders : The Horse and the Rise of Empires
Chaffetz, David.
Paper Book
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...