Horseback Riding: Classical Era Technology

What is the archaeological evidence of horseback riding around 4000 BC?

• Development of saddles

• Skeletons of horses with signs of bit usage

• Use of stirrups

• Gelding of stallions

Which ancient civilization is believed to have developed the stirrup and the saddle?

• Greeks

• Scythians

• Romans

• Arabians

What type of cavalry was most common in Central Asia for a millennium?

• Mounted samurai

• Horseback riding archers

• Light cavalry

• Heavy armored knights

Who spread Islam across the Middle East, North Africa, and into India and Europe on horseback?

• Arabians

• Romans

• Greeks

• Scythians

When was horseback riding brought back to North America by European explorers and conquistadors?

• 1493

• 1500

• 1600

• 1700