Legacy of the Horse
A Chronological History of Humans and their Relationship with the Horse.
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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 Hunted Horse: The Early Hunters
The Horse of the Steppes
The Domestication of the Horse
What Does Domestication Really Mean?
What We Know
What We Theorize - When and Where Did Domestication Occur
Early Attempts at Riding
Early Attempts at Riding: Overview
The Soft Bit and Bridle
Harnessing the Horse
The Wheel
Kikkuli, 1345 BCE: Training the Chariot Horse
Riding Comes to the Near East: 1,350 BCE
The Scythians, 800 BCE
The Horse in Early China
The Chinese Learn to Ride for Survival
The Classical World, 700 BCE
The Mythical Horse
The Classical World, 700 BCE: Overview
Xenophon: The Father of Classical Equitation
Alexander and Bucephalus Conquer the World
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
Medieval Horse: 476 - c. 1450: Overview
Battle of Poitiers Begins the Rise of Cavalry: 732
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
The Renaissance: c. 14th - c. 1650 Centuries
Leonardo De Vinci Draws the Horse: 1452-1519
Polo
A Revolution in Transportation
The Renaissance: c. 14th - c. 1650 Centuries: Overview
Don Quixote and Sancha Panza Ride into Legend
Haute Ecole: 1561
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
Origins of the Blooded Horse: Overview
The Thoroughbred Foundation Stallions
The Off-Spring of the Foundation Stallion
First Steeplechase - 1752
The Fox Hunt
Colonial Travel in America
The Thoroughbred Horse in America
America's First Race Course
Racing Reached Great Popularity by the 1700s
Significant Pre-War Imports
U.S. Thoroughbreds Rise to New Heights by 1800
Early Kentucky Horse Industry
The Horse in America: 1776
Hauling the Goods
Building the Roads to Settlement
The Public Stage Wagon
Justin Morgan - Figure of Greatness
Stage Travel in Britain
Stage Travel in America
Stage Travel in America
1800- The Great Age of Horsepower
Napoleon & Wellington at Waterloo - June 18, 1815
Settling the American West
Settling the American West: Overview
New Roads and Canals Help Connect the Country
Opening the American West
Horse Related Crafts and Industries
The American Civil War
Buffalo Soldiers
The Horse in 19th Century American Sport
Intersectional Match Races
The Golden Age of the Trotting Horse
American Saddlebred Horse
Native Americans Acquire the Horse
1876 - First American Polo
Horses in Town and Country
The Cowboy
Horse Doctors
Kentucky Becomes America's Thoroughbred Center
Caprilli's Forward Seat Revolutionizes Equitation
1872: First Photographic Locomotion Study Was Commissioned to Settle a Bet
1900 - The Horse in Transition
1900 - The Horse in Transition: Overview
Harness Racing
The National Show Horse
The Real Izzie and theTin Lizzie
The American Express Company
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Horse in World War I: 1914-1918
Pit Ponies - Equine Miners
Man O' War
Wing Commander: The Great American Show Horse
World War II: Cavalry's Final Hour
Jay Trump
Performing Horses
Circus Horses
The Olympic Horse
The Pony Club
1976 - Black Jack, Last U.S. Army Cavalry Horse
Horses of the World: The Legacy of the Horse
Horses of the World: The Legacy of the Horse: Overview