Rise of the Persians
The Ancients
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The Importance of Horses in the Assyrian Empire
There was a long standing relationship between the iranians and the peoples of modern de bactria, ino, modern day afghanistan and pacistan as well. The medes around the caspian sea were the top notch horse breeders of all the iranian speaking peoples. And they occupied a land around the zagros, which is so rich in alfalfa that it was absolutely the perfect breeding grounds for e horses. In the imperial period, became the royal stud farms were around there.
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