ABSTRACT
This book will argue that the riding of horses in battle did not become historically significant until the eighth century BC. Although some scholars may regard that thesis as unlikely and indefensible, others will see it as a self-evident truth and may wonder why a book such as this one is necessary. Opinion is, in fact, sharply divided on the question of when military riding began, but those who hold the one opinion have not much conversed with those who hold the other.1
