| Description |
192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [184]-188) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Wild horses and asses -- Family equidae -- Wild horses and asses in historic times -- Pt. II. Equids that are without pride of ancestry or hope of posterity -- Hybrids and the breeding of mules -- Pt. III. History of the domestic horse, donkey and mule -- Earliest domestication of the horse and the ass -- First wheeled transport, horse-riding, the stirrup, and nose-slitting -- Equids in ancient Egypt and western Asia, and the enigma of the onager -- Horses of |
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Scythia and the Orient -- Equids in the classical world -- Equids in the Middle Ages -- Conquest of the Americas -- Equids in agriculture, transport, exploration, and warfare -- History of horse-racing. |
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Horses -- History.
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Donkeys -- History.
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Mules -- History.
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Equus -- History.
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Animals and civilization.
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Civilization.
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Perissodactyla.
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| ISBN |
067440646X: $29.95 |
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