Early riders : the beginnings of mounted warfare in Asia and Europe / / Robert Drews

• Autore: Drews Robert
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210 p.)
• Disciplina: 357/.1/095
• Soggetto topico: Cavalry - Asia - History; Cavalry - Europe - History; War horses - Asia - History; War horses - Europe - History
• Classificazione: 15.51
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-210) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 HORSEMEAT; 3 SPEED; 4 CONTROL; 5 PLUNDER; 6 THE IRANIAN EMPIRES; 7 HOPLITES AND HORSEMEN; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: In this wide-ranging and often controversial book, Robert Drews examines the question of the origins of man's relations with the horse. He questions the belief that on the Eurasian steppes men were riding in battle as early as 4000 BC, and suggests that it was not until around 900 BC that men anywhere - whether in the Near East and the Aegean or on the steppes of Asia - were proficient enough to handle a bow, sword or spear while on horseback. After establishing when, where, and most importantly why good riding began, Drews goes on to show how riding raiders terrorized the civilized
• Titolo autorizzato: Early riders
• ISBN: 1-134-34072-9; 1-134-34073-7; 1-280-25612-5; 9786610256129; 0-203-07107-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783609903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II