The horse in human history by anthropologist pita kelekna is a mind altering book it describes our turbulent 6000 year relationship with domesticated horses few readers were raised in tribes of nomadic pastoralists. It is said that one day in 1889 when the german philosopher friedrich nietzsche witnessed a horse harnessed to a hansom cab being cruelly whipped in the streets of turin italy he ran across the. The horse is surely the aristocrat of animals domesticated by man this book documents the origins of horse domestication on the pontic caspian steppes some 6000 years ago and the consequent migration of equestrian tribes across eurasia to the borders of sedentary states. The horse in human history the horse in human history the horse is surely the aristocrat of animals domesticated by man this book documents the origins of horse domestication on the pontic caspian steppes some 6000 years ago and the consequent migration of equestrian tribes across eurasia to the borders of sedentary states