Horses

By .khernandez
  • 4000 BCE

    domestication

    horses were domesticated 4,000-6,000 years ago. they were domesticated in the grasslands of Ukraine and southwest Asia.
  • 931 BCE

    history

    during the time of Solomon and the dividing kingdom, Israel made extensive use of chariots and horses
  • 1 BCE

    adaptions

    horses that live wild have had to make adaptions to other animals trying to eat them and rather than fighting back, they flee from the situation

  • extinction

    in 1814 there was a species of horse that was alive and today are now extinct; Galloway pony

  • past uses

    in the past, horses were used for chariot warfare, raiding, and light cavalry.

  • interesting facts

    1. in new York its illegal to open an umbrella in the presence of a horse
    2. there were no horses in Australia until 1788
    3. don't have a gall bladder
    4. have better memory than elephants

  • present uses

    today, horses are used for manual labor and also just to be kept as a pet sometimes. cows at one point were used for manual labor but it seen to be that horses could do the same job and quicker so people started using them for that purpose