The First Horse Riders | Horse Domestication on the Eurasian Steppe

Dan Davis Author

 Who were the first horse riders in history? We know about horse domestication but knowing who were the first horsemen is more difficult.

The idea of the Yamnaya Bronze Age horse warrior riding down a fleeing Neolithic farmer is a powerful image but is it true?

Were the people of the Botai culture the first horsemen? Was it those of the Sredny Stog or perhaps the Khvalynsk culture? Or was it even the people of Bronze Age Mesopotamia?

Well, there is a view that the first horse warriors did not emerge until the Iron Age.

In this video we will explore both sides of the argument using the most up to date evidence available.

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language - David Anthony ➜ https://amzn.to/3aD3Rhu

Militarism and the Indo-Europeanizing of Europe - Robert Drews ➜ https://amzn.to/3dNqoKg

Early Riders: The Beginnings of Mounted Warfare in Asia and Europe - Robert Drews ➜ https://amzn.to/36in9pS

The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia - Damgaard et al 2018 https://science.sciencemag.org/conten...

Rethinking the evidence for early horse domestication at Botai - Taylor & Barrón-Ortiz 2021 https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159...

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