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They were famous for their horse-mounted archers. When the stirrup arrived in Europe, it allowed European warriors to ride while armored with metal plates made by medieval blacksmiths. These suited-up armored warriors — European knights — were like early tanks.

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The Mongols used lightning-fast raids to conquer much of Asia in the thirteenth century. They were famous for their horse-mounted archers.

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The invention of the saddle, and then the stirrup, which first appeared in China 0AD

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Horses & the Persian Empire’s Royal Road

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Horses & the Persian Empire’s Royal Road

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Horse-mounted messengers on the Persian Empire’s Royal Road in the fifth century BCE could carry a message 1,700 miles in seven days. It took 90 days by foot.

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that a riding bit was placed in the animal’s mouth. It is certainly possible that humans rode horses without bits long before that, but no physical evidence remains.
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Drawings from 4,000 BC ago in the Middle East show horses pulling chariots.

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Horse dung in a stable from 5000 BC

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Cave paintings by early humans in Lascaux, France, from more than 17,000 years ago beautifully display horses. Later human societies named constellations after the horse.

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Moved from America To Asia on horses 10000 years ago

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The history of the horse goes back some 55 million years to the tropical rain forests of North America. There was a leaf-eating mammal about the size