The Horse in Human History (Record no. 55767)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780521736299 |
| 028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME | |
| Distributor Name | :International Book Distributors |
| Distributor address | :Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi |
| Bill Number | :114498 |
| Bill Date | :04/10/2019 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Edition number | 23 |
| Classification number | 636.1009 KEL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kelekna, Pita |
| 245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Horse in Human History |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | / Pita Kelekna |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | New York |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | : Cambridge University Press, |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | ©2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv, 460 pages |
| Other physical details | : illustrations, maps |
| Dimensions | ; 23 cm |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | 2265 |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Contents note | Introduction to equestrian man and to Equus --<br/>Equus caballus: horse domestication and agro-pastoralism across the Eurasian steppes --<br/>Nomadic horse culture of the steppes --<br/>Expansion from the steppes to Southwestern and Southern Asia --<br/>China and the steppes beyond its borders --<br/>Equestrian Europe--solar edifices, hippodromes, and Arthurian chivalry --<br/>Arabian conquest from the South --<br/>Turkic-invader converts to Islam and crusader opponents --<br/>From the steppes, the Altaic Nomad conquest of Eurasia --<br/>From Europe, Equus returns to its continent of origin --<br/>Horses are us. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | <br/>The horse is surely the "aristocrat" of animals domesticated by man. This book documents the origins of horse domestication on the Pontic-Caspian steppes some 6,000 years ago and the consequent migration of equestrian tribes across Eurasia to the borders of sedentary states. Horse-chariotry and cavalry in effect changed the nature of warfare in the civilizations of the Middle East, India, and China. But, beyond the battlefield, horsepower also afforded great advances in transport, agriculture, industry, and science. Rapidity of horse communications forged far-flung equestrian empires, where language, law, weights, measures, and writing systems were standardized and revolutionary technologies and ideas were disseminated across continents. Always recognizing this dual character of horsepower - both destructive and constructive - the politico-military and economic importance of the horse is discussed in the rise of Hittite, Achaemenid, Chinese, Greco-Roman, Arab, Mongol, and Turkic states. Following Columbian contact, Old and New World cultures are contrastively evaluated in terms of presence or absence of the horse. And Spanish conquest of the horseless Americas is seen as the model for subsequent European equestrian colonization of horseless territories around the planet |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Animals and civilization. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kelekna, Pita |
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| Koha item type | Books |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Not For Loan | SNU LIBRARY | SNU LIBRARY | 31/10/2019 | International Book Distributors | 2265.00 | 636.1009 KEL | 27028 | 18/10/2019 | 18/10/2019 | Books |
