. Domesticated animals : their relation to man and to his advancement in civilization. Domestic animals. 92 DOMESTICATED ANIMALS light saddle horses, and the bearing of armored men. Neither the draught nor the war horses of Europe could well have been specialized until their heavy bodies were separated from the ground by these metallic coverings of the hoof. Much has depended on the specialization of the horse into different breeds, made possible by the iron shoe. By. Syrian Horse reconciling the creature to uses—agriculture, v.'hich depends on draught animals, and the commerce of importance,
. Domesticated animals : their relation to man and to his advancement in civilization. Domestic animals. 92 DOMESTICATED ANIMALS light saddle horses, and the bearing of armored men. Neither the draught nor the war horses of Europe could well have been specialized until their heavy bodies were separated from the ground by these metallic coverings of the hoof. Much has depended on the specialization of the horse into different breeds, made possible by the iron shoe. By. Syrian Horse reconciling the creature to uses—agriculture, v.'hich depends on draught animals, and the commerce of importance, which can only be effected by means of wagons—the rapid economic development of our civilization was made possible. By developing a horse capable of bearing an armored man, Europe was brought into a condition in which organized armies took the place of mere forays, and so the development of centralized states was promoted. In the warfare between the Mohammedans and the Christian states of Europe, in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate, 1841-1906. New York : C. Scribner's Sons
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