Horses and the Creation of Civilization
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This book uses horses as clues and revolves around the three most typical human images in the interaction between humans and horses-cavalry, monarchs, and merchants, connecting thousands of years of civilization history in the Eurasian steppes. In this historical work full of literary tension, we will see: how horses and people first met and established a close relationship; how cavalry changed their fighting methods and gradually built horses as the basis of ancient military power, and then established multiple empires; how monarchs regarded horses as a strategic tool, obtained horse resources through domestication, trade, plunder, etc., And developed their own unique politics Influence; how merchants balance the attributes of horses as a means of transportation and valuable commodities, driving horses across mountains, grasslands, and deserts, building bridges of interconnected civilizations; in history, many empires that rose and fell suddenly, how they shattered the old order, rebuilt the political system, protected the territory of rule, and maintained their own authority in the midst of war, governance, trade, and education, and what role horses played in them. With a broad vision and vivid narrative, this book reveals how horses have profoundly influenced and even rewritten the trajectory of human civilization. It also reminds us that civilization is not just a single-line human narrative. The evolution of civilization is the result of the joint creation of humans, animals and the environment.
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