Evolution of the horse

their career performing their duties to ensure the security of our borders. Before we can engage the target, we must obtain the information necessary to be accurate on our attack. Without the necessary information we will be attacking a barn full of horses and goats. That is misuse of assets and time that could have been utilized neutralizing the threat if the proper information was provided. Intelligence is the most powerful asset on the Earth. Information can enable many things from building a…

early Middle Ages, during which the Germanic conquest of western Europe took place, were characterized by rampant warfare, localized government, and relative isolation from bordering societies. Between 800CE and 1200CE, however, the emergence and evolution of settled agriculture across Europe demanded peasant collaboration and adherence to contractual agreements within the manorial system. This movement towards a society of mutual cooperation and legal order was also encouraged by the necessity…

Rise through Force: European Hegemony and the Military Revolution With the dawn of the second millennium (C.E.), the bulk of Europe existed as a relative backwater and there was little foreseeable evidence that this fragmented conglomerate of fiefdoms would eventually surge forth to control a better part of the known and unknown world. But surge forth it did, and by the twentieth-century the West , for better or worse, had come to dominate and influence societies around the globe. As the…

Originating in Greek mythology, werewolves have been depicted as some of the most aggressive monsters in history. The tale of the first werewolf, then called “Lycaon” is found in Homer’s The Iliad. The beast, portrayed as a half-man half-wolf, highlights aggression and primitive instincts in humanity. Though rarely provoked, nearly every modern account of werewolf sightings involve the beast attempting to attack witnesses. Whether these sightings are fact or fiction, society has a fascination…

The Adaptation of Old Testament Titles by Disciples of Jesus: Evolution through New Eyes In a 2012 letter to my siblings, I informed them that I’d be hiking the 540 mile Camino de Santiago in the north of Spain because I needed to spend time talking to God. I’d lost my nineteen year old son and frankly, I needed some answers. If saints and mystics had heard His voice, then I most certainly deserved to. As I trudged up and down the French Pyrenees and through the eucalyptus forests on the…

tree, stetsons and spurs, saddles, lassos and Colt .45's, bandannas and buckskins, canteens, stagecoaches, gamblers, long-horned cattle and cattle drives, prostitutes (or madams) with a heart of gold, and more. Very often, the cowboy has a favored horse (or 'faithful steed'), for example, Roy Rogers' Trigger, Gene Autry's Champion, William Boyd's (Hopalong Cassidy) Topper, the Lone Ranger's Silver and Tonto's Scout. Another convention of the genre according to Northrop Frye as told in Barry…

and the evolution of economic systems and social structures. Throughout Guns Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond constantly refers to interactions between man and nature to develop his argument. These interactions have created effects that gradually increased in magnitude over time. Diamond discusses the domestication of plants and animals on several times; since the domestication of wild fauna and flora have been a significant factor in the shaping of history. For example, the usage of horses…

Propaganda is defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as ‘the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person’. Whether the effects of propaganda on society are negative or positive is subject to opinion. Propaganda has been used throughout history, taking different forms and using different techniques, and is still surrounding us and our society. Propaganda affects us by appealing to our emotions and to the conformist in…

many ways over the decades. What was once a primarily agricultural country has transformed into an international military threat. America has not always stood at the top, but the creative minds that are the back bone of this country have helped the evolution of the of the American military. When people began traveling west most became farmers and ranchers to provide for their families. Things like meat, clothing, and shelter needed to be produced and built as the land out west was uncivilized.…

Anthropology by definition is the study of human societies, the cultures that they create and the development that is caused by the evolution of those societies. Thus it should be important for anthropologists to study the many development projects that are proposed by organizations around the world. The concept of development projects first began after World War II as the West began trying to piece Europe back together. After the Marshal Plan was signed in 1948 the United States then turned to…