Horse domestication revolutionized transport, communications, and warfare in prehistory,
The domestication of the horse and other 'beasts od burden' is one thing that's always been a head scratcher for me. Wherever there's been 'horses', they've always been 'domesticated'. From Asia to Europe and even the Arabs, the horse was domesticated. Even our 'Indians' domesticated the wild horses the Spanish brought to the New World. And where there wern't horse they domesticated Camels and the Elephanst in India.
To my knowledge this has happened everywhere except one place - sub Saharan Africa. Zebras, no and Elephants, no. The Zebra is similar to the smallish Asian horse the Mongols used, so I don't see why none was ever 'tamed'. No 'beast' was ever domesticated so they could RIDE instead of having to walk everywhere. And IMO that's one place riding beats the heck out of walking!
I don't know what the disconnect was but these locals never thought of this concept. I don't mean this to be racist but there must have been something wrong that unlike every other race, 'Africans' never domesticated an animal they could ride.
Maybe an Anthropologist should do a study on this?
When Europeans arrived in Africa, they attempted to domesticate zebras. Other than a couple of examples, they failed. The biggest problem, apparently, is that zebras, more than other equines, tend to panic when startled. They've been more successful when they've crossbred them with horses, donkeys, etc. to create zebroids.
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