Sinuhe's World
A History of Mankind (21)
Gutian power in Mesopotamia was weakened by the nomads' lack of coherent structures, and the likely adoption of cavalry by local Sumerians. Having been brought by the Gutian themselves, horses appeared in significant numbers in the cities of Mesopotamia for the first time during this era, and the first Semitic word for “horse” shows in written records: …
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