Livestock
Horse
Also Known As Domestic horse; Equine
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Domesticated on the western Eurasian steppe, the horse transformed transport and war before it transformed the farm: heavy horse breeds, the horse collar and the steel plough together broke the deep prairie soils of North America and Europe in the nineteenth century, the last great age of animal draft power before the tractor replaced it.
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Scientific Name Domestication RegionWestern Eurasian steppe (Pontic-Caspian region) 1 Domesticated When (Circa)circa 3500 BC, with the modern domestic lineage established circa 2200 BC 1 Primary UsesDraft power, transport, and historically warfare; farm draft use largely ended by the tractor 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Roughly tripled a harnessed horse's effective pulling capacity over the throat-girth harness
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