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List of 'Notes on History'

“History teaching curriculum failing pupils”

March 18th, 2011 · Archives, Notes on History

One reason “The Legend of the Great Horse” trilogy is a worthwhile read is its exploration of history in chronological order — with time lines before each new era — as it traces the development in horsemanship in civilization.

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Curse Tablets of Ancient Rome … or, No Wonder our Driver is not Feeling his Best!

November 30th, 2010 · Horses in Antiquity, Notes on History

Almost all of our modern ideas on history and mankind have been anticipated in Greek & Roman thought … human nature has not changed enough to make knowledge of our ancestors obsolete.

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Historical Notes: Leaving the Prehistoric world behind …

September 15th, 2010 · Horses in Prehistory, Lessons of Horsemanship, Notes on History

In Eclipsed by Shadow, the first book of “The Legend of the Great Horse” trilogy, young Meagan Roberts takes the ride on a prehistoric wild horse … that’s just how things were between horses and humans 20,000 years ago.

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The Road Slowly Traveled: the artist’s view

September 8th, 2010 · Horses in Prehistory, Notes on History

A scene in “Eclipsed by Shadow” involves a prehistoric horse hunt, with man as the predator. This hunting scene took place in the same era that prehistoric cave paintings were being created, art still visible to us in places like the amazing caves of Lascaux, France.  Even in prehistoric times we have Man the predator [...]

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Man and the Prehistoric Horse

September 1st, 2010 · Horses in Prehistory, Notes on History

The advancement of civilization has required many changes in attitude in mankind, perhaps none more revolutionary than the idea that horses might be our partners. The lesson of prehistoric horses is that our world has possibilities that exceed not our grasp … but our attitudes.

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Notes on “The Mageste Beste” excerpt: Humanity isn’t a constant

July 25th, 2010 · Notes on History

Civilization has not been a straight path upward: human empathy and progress have faltered before.

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