https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j en-us 2017-05-05 13:51:05 UTC 2017-05-10 13:48:28 UTC hello@padlet.com kufahisa000 https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170189448 The Hyracotherium, a distant ancestor of the horse, lived about 55 million years ago, and it lived in the tropical rain forests of North America. The Hyracotherium was a leaf-eating mammal the size of a dog who was apart of the rise of mammals after the extinction of the dinosaurs.]]> 2017-05-05 14:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170189448 kufahisa000 https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170512665 Around 10,000 years ago, the relatives of the horse traveled on the Bering Land Bridge, making their way into Asia and Europe. Around that time, horses had completely vanished from North America. Experts are unsure if the disappearance had to do with the changing climate after the end of the ice age, of many if human hunters from Asia had wiped out their population.]]> 2017-05-08 13:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170512665 kufahisa000 https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170515921 Over 17,000 years ago, the paintings in the Lascaux Cave were painted, and they show how much the foragers in Asia and Europe worshiped the animal.]]> 2017-05-08 14:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170515921 kufahisa000 https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170518016 The first known evidence that horses were domesticated is from horse dung inside post holes of what looks to have been a stable in modern-day Kazakhstan. The stable was from about 5000 B.C.]]> 2017-05-08 14:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170518016 kufahisa000 https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170520460 Drawings show that people in the Middle East started using horses to pull chariots around 4,000 years ago.]]> 2017-05-08 14:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170520460 kufahisa000 https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170747561 Fossils of worn-down horse teeth were found, and that suggests that those people used bits in their horses mouths. But it is possible that horses were ridden without bits before the time of the fossils.]]> 2017-05-09 12:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170747561 kufahisa000 https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170750129 Horse-mounted messengers used the Persian Empire’s Royal Road to transfer their messages. They could carry a message 1,700 miles in seven days, as compared to 90 days by foot.]]> 2017-05-09 13:08:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170750129 kufahisa000 https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170751946 In China the saddle and stirrup made horse-mounted warfare more effective. Warriors could throw spears, use swords, or fire arrows with their free hand.]]> 2017-05-09 13:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170751946 kufahisa000 https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170753004 They used the saddles and the stirrups, and they could then used their free hands to throw spears, use their swords, and even fire arrows. Because of this convenience, the Mongols were able to use their fast raids to conquer most of Asia.]]> 2017-05-09 13:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170753004 kufahisa000 https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170753923 When the saddles and stirrups arrived in Europe, they were able to ride their horses while fully armored in metal plates. They were like early tanks.]]> 2017-05-09 13:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170753923 kufahisa000 https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170776062 The Spaniards re-introduced the horses into the Americas after Columbus’ voyages. At one point, the horses must have gotten loose and bred in the wild.]]> 2017-05-09 14:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/170776062 kufahisa000 https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/171009051 The Native Americans had quickly realized how useful the  horses could be, and they soon became expert riders. They even passed on the skill to the young children, even those who were unable to talk.]]> 2017-05-10 13:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kufahisa000/7934fzult28j/wish/171009051