History Involving Horses

  • 30,000 BCE

    First discovery

    The horse was discovered.
  • 3500 BCE

    First Relationship With Horses

    First Relationship With Horses
    When horses became involved in human function.
    The first relationship is documented in Stone Age wall paintings in Western Europe.
    Many times, the horses were prey for meat, but the artists would also show the majesty of the horse
  • Period: 3000 BCE to 4000 BCE

    Domestication of Horses

    Horses become domesticated.
    Oxen and donkeys were already used for transportation (Bible), so Horses were first domesticated for meat and milk.
  • 1000 BCE

    Driving & Riding

  • Period: 500 BCE to 1401 BCE

    Europe After Rome

  • 476 BCE

    Fall of Roman Empire

  • 209 BCE

    Great Wall

  • Period: 201 BCE to 700 BCE

    The Scythians

  • 30 BCE

    Roman Army

  • Period: 1450 to

    Renaissance

  • 1500

    Spanish Conquistadors

  • 1519

    Spanish Settlers

  • 1539

    De Soto

  • 1547

    Antoni de Mendoza

  • Destruction of Jamestown

  • Horses in Coal Mines

  • Period: to

    Government Mules

  • Colonization & Settlement

  • Fire Horses

  • Period: to

    Military Horses

  • The Pony Express

  • Commercial Use