Horses- Columbian Exchange by KRISTEN HARDY https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7 How did the Columbian Exchange and Globalization affect horses and in turn affect us? en-us 2017-05-03 16:47:18 UTC 2024-08-08 08:29:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://i.ytimg.com/vi/n-3Y4rH54nk/maxresdefault.jpg Hyracotherium hardykri001 https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7/wish/169990994 55 million years ago the ancient horse lived in the tropical rain forests of North America. This distant ancestor of the horse evolved as part of the rise of the mammals that followed the extinction of the dinosaurs.]]> 2017-05-04 16:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7/wish/169990994 Bering Land Bridge hardykri001 https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7/wish/169991956 Early horses crossed over the Bering Land Bridge from the Americas to Asia. They eventually spread to Europe. Strangely, they suddenly vanished from the Americas about 10,000 years ago.]]> 2017-05-04 16:40:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7/wish/169991956 Horses- More Than Food (Vehicle and Warfare Weapon also) hardykri001 https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7/wish/170553722 4,000 Y.A. in the Middle East drawings show horses pulling chariots and humans riding them.
]]> 2017-05-08 16:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7/wish/170553722 Europe and Asia- Are Horses THAT important to them? hardykri001 https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7/wish/170557978 Foragers in Europe and Asia continued to hunt horses and, in some ways, almost worship them. 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.
Horse constellation --->
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]]> 2017-05-08 16:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7/wish/170557978 Kazakhstan- First Evidence of Domesticated Horses hardykri001 https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7/wish/170560390 While the horse still remained a “wild animal,” humans and horses grew closer together. Humans could bond with the horse by giving it food. They found that they could milk female horses and serve the milk to their own families. The first known evidence of domesticated horses comes from horse dung found inside postholes of what appears to have been a stable in today’s Kazakhstan, dating to 5000 BCE.
Horse meat is common in Kazakhstan today]]> 2017-05-08 16:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7/wish/170560390 Mongols hardykri001 https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7/wish/170814199
The Mongols were a prime example of using horses in warfare. They lived in about 500 BCE. They were known for fast raids on horseback in which they took over whole cities.
]]> 2017-05-09 16:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7/wish/170814199 European Knights hardykri001 https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7/wish/170818230 These people used stirrups to ride horses while wearing heavy metal armor which allowed for better fighting and protection. This occurred after the Chinese discovered  the stirrup
]]> 2017-05-09 16:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7/wish/170818230 Chinese Stirrups Used For Warfare hardykri001 https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7/wish/170819468 2,000 years ago horse stirrups showed up in China]]> 2017-05-09 16:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7/wish/170819468 Horses Today hardykri001 https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7/wish/170900119 Today horses are used for many other things like racing and travel.

The Kentucky Derby was on Saturday May 5th, 2017 (This Saturday)---->]]> 2017-05-10 00:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7/wish/170900119 Ancient Horse Teeth hardykri001 https://padlet.com/hardykri001/p4comi51qwt7/wish/170901116 5,000-year-old fossils of worn-down horse teeth is the earliest evidence of people riding horses.
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