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Deep Cuts: All the Pretty Horses

We're all horse girls now.  In today's episode, Amber gives you an unbridled (har!) look at the Hittite Horse Training Texts, which are much more than just Kikkuli. After that, we veer from horsemanship to horse-man-’ship. First there’s a glimpse into the legal mind of the Hittites, and then some interesting commonalities across Indo-European societies and an overview of equine lives in antiquity. Ohhh neigh.  

Kikkuli (International Museum of the Horse)

Mitanni (Livius)

These Asian hunter-gatherers may have been the first people to domesticate horses (Science)

The Kikkuli Text. Hittite Training Instructions for Chariot Horses in the Second Half of the 2nd Millennium B.C. and Their Interdisciplinary Context

Catalogue of Hittite Language (Konkordanz der heithitischen Keilschrifttafeln)

Hittite Laws (Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor)

Hittites, Horses, and Corpses (The Early Nature of the Bible)

The Rise of Bronze Age Society: Travels, Transmissions and Transformations

Ancient origins of horsemanship (Equine Veterinary Journal)

Horse Gear from Hasanlu (Expedition) 

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