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  2. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language - Wikipedia

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    The domestication of the horse had a wide-ranging effect on the steppe cultures, and Anthony has done fieldwork on it. [28] Bit wear is a sign of horse-riding, and the dating of horse teeth with signs of bit wear gives clues for the dating of the appearance of horse-riding. [29]

  3. Equestrianism - Wikipedia

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    Musicians riding horses, Tang dynasty Horses are trained and ridden for practical working purposes, such as in police work or for controlling herd animals on a ranch.They are also used in competitive sports including dressage, endurance riding, eventing, reining, show jumping, tent pegging, vaulting, polo, horse racing, driving, and rodeo (see additional equestrian sports listed later in this ...

  4. Aimé Félix Tschiffely - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of A.F. Tschiffely. Aimé Félix Tschiffely (May 7, 1895 – January 5, 1954) was a Swiss-born, Argentine professor, author, and adventurer. A. F. Tschiffely (as he was better known) wrote a number of books, most famously Tschiffely's Ride [1] (1933) in which he recounts his solo journey on horseback from Argentina to Washington D.C..

  5. Vladimir Littauer - Wikipedia

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    Littauer at a riding clinic he conducted at Sweet Briar College in February 1953. Vladimir Stanislavovitch Littauer (January 10, 1892 – August 31, 1989) was an influential Russian and American horseback riding master and the author of books and films on educated riding and the training of horses. As a riding instructor, Littauer was in great ...

  6. Glossary of equestrian terms - Wikipedia

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    1. A form of English riding popularized in the United States for riding gaited horse s and other breeds where high, flashy, action is encouraged, notably the American Saddlebred, Morgan horse, and Arabian. [1]: 187 2. The style of saddle used for this discipline, also known as a park saddle, lane fox, or cutback. Is designed to set the rider ...

  7. Eurasian nomads - Wikipedia

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    They domesticated the horse around 3500 BCE, vastly increasing the possibilities of nomadic lifestyle, [2] [3] [4] and subsequently their economies and cultures emphasised horse breeding, horse riding, and nomadic pastoralism; this usually involved trading with settled peoples around the edges of the steppe.

  8. Horse culture - Wikipedia

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    A horse culture is a tribal group or community whose day-to-day life revolves around the herding and breeding of horses. Beginning with the domestication of the horse on the steppes of Eurasia , the horse transformed each society that adopted its use.

  9. Equestrian - Wikipedia

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    Equestria, the fictional nation in which the television show My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, and its associated comic books, movies, and novels primarily take place; All pages with titles beginning with Equestrian; All pages with titles containing Equestrian; Horse (disambiguation) Horse people (disambiguation) Horsewoman (disambiguation)