Title Early riders : the beginnings of mounted warfare in Asia and Europe / Robert Drews.

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 218 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-210) and index.
Contents	BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 HORSEMEAT; 3 SPEED; 4 CONTROL; 5 PLUNDER; 6 THE IRANIAN EMPIRES; 7 HOPLITES AND HORSEMEN; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
Summary	A wide-ranging account of horse-riding and horse-rearing in Central Asia, Europe and the Greek world. Using archaeology, iconographic and textual evidence, Drews shows when horseback riding began, when riders became secure enough to handle a weapon.
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Subject	Cavalry -- Asia -- History.
	Cavalry.
	Asia.
	History.
	Cavalry -- Europe -- History.
	Europe.
	War horses -- Asia -- History.
	War horses.
	War horses -- Europe -- History.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Drews, Robert. Early riders. New York : Routledge, 2004 0415326249 (DLC) 2003044284 (OCoLC)53021519
ISBN	0203071077 (electronic book)
	9780203071076 (electronic book)
	0415326249 (cloth)