Consolidated Fastfrate Transport

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Consolidated Fastfrate Transport

Consolidated Fastfrate Transport

Although it is easy for a Transportation Historian to focus on developments that improved or effected the modern, industrial, and post-industrial world; I don't want to give the impression that the age of the horse was completely lacking in the spirit of innovation or improvement. Horses were consistently improved over time, by the process of selective breeding. The most famous example of this is probably the Arabian horse.

The origins of the Arabian are lost in time, although most Muslims give the credit for founding the breed to Ishmael, son of Abraham, others trace it back to Noah. The Koran praises good horses. The fact is that a large part of the early History of the Middle East is marked by a long series of invasions and conquests by horse riding nomadic peoples. The wealth of the great agricultural cities of Mesopotamia consistently drew warlike nomads down off the Asian steppes. The conquerors then usually tended to set themselves up to rule the city, but usually became assimilated into the existing culture. Then, after some time, another wave of fierce nomads would roll down off the steppes. The Huns, the Mongols, and the Turks are probably the best known examples of this phenomenon, although it is much older than any of those.