Then and Now Horses charilyn and Emma

By charilyn_hummer
  • 3000 BCE

    Domestication

    The first domesticated horses was around 3000 BCE in Kazakhstan and the Eurasian steppes
  • 2400 BCE

    War Chariots

    First use of war chariots in mesopotamia
  • 1345 BCE

    Training Manual

    The Mitanni horse trainer Kikkuli wrote a manual on training horses
  • 680 BCE

    Horse Chariot

    A four horse chariot was added to the schedule of the olympic games
  • 400 BCE

    Roman Calvary

    The Roman cavalry expanded so riders who can pay for their own horse is included.
  • 392 BCE

    Woman won Olympic Games with a horse

    The Greek princess, Kyniska becomes the first woman to win a victor's crown at the Olympic Games.
  • 346 BCE

    Tamed War Horse

    Alexander Hamilton tamed his war horse, Bucephalus.
  • Period: 206 BCE to 220

    First war fought over horses

    The first, now extinct, breed of horse, the ferghanas were during the han dynasty period and the chinese fought a war over them