Realistic or Modern New Civilizations 1st Edition OOC

[wickedlittlecritta]

Anyone know how BIG horses were in 5000 BCE? Even wild ones. I have a bad feeling they will be about like ponies.

the wild precursors of modern horses would have been pony sized, yes. you didn't start getting big modern horses until the industrial revolution and they were specifically bred for height. (remember too that people were also much smaller until very recently!)

^ only known photo of a Tarpan, a now extinct wild steppe breed

eta: at this point in history domestication was only just starting and only in the eurasian steppes, most people were still hunting horses as game

 

[Mitheral]

the wild precursors of modern horses would have been pony sized, yes. you didn't start getting big modern horses until the industrial revolution and they were specifically bred for height. (remember too that people were also much smaller until very recently!)

^ only known photo of a Tarpan, a now extinct wild steppe breed

Actually, no ... they weren't. I was surprised. Toward 3500-3000 BCE they got SMALLER. Not what I expected. Wild horses were larger. The reason they started to get larger later on was breeding them with Wild mares.

Domestication of the horse - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Mitheral]

Still, with me at 6'7" horses are NOT going to like me much. Greeeaattt ... if we meet I may give rise to the legend of Paul Bunyan riding an Ox.

 

[wickedlittlecritta]

Actually, no ... they weren't. I was surprised. Toward 3500-3000 BCE they got SMALLER. Not what I expected. Wild horses were larger. The reason they started to get larger later on was breeding them with Wild mares.

Domestication of the horse - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

oh, neat! very small

 

[wickedlittlecritta]

Still, with me at 6'7" horses are NOT going to like me much. Greeeaattt ... if we meet I may give rise to the legend of Paul Bunyan riding an Ox.

chariots may be your only hope lol

 

[Mitheral]

Whence the Domestic Horse?

New genetic analysis reveals where horses were first domesticated

www.science.org

(Somewhere I have a MAP that shows where horses were domesticated.)

 

[Mitheral]

Hoping we can get started tomorrow.

 

[Lord_Boreas]

Sorry I’m going to withdraw my interest in this, my great grandmother just past and I don’t think I’ll be on here much in the next week or so. Sorry for the inconvenience

 

[wickedlittlecritta]

Sorry I’m going to withdraw my interest in this, my great grandmother just past and I don’t think I’ll be on here much in the next week or so. Sorry for the inconvenience

oh, so sorry for your loss. take care of yourself

 

[eloise]

Sorry I’m going to withdraw my interest in this, my great grandmother just past and I don’t think I’ll be on here much in the next week or so. Sorry for the inconvenience

That's terrible. Sincerely, I send my condolences to you and your family. Grief can be a hard thing, take all the time you need to process and manage it.

 

[eloise]

Finally got my CS up!

 

[Elucid]

Finally got my CS up!

Gu Wan taking inspiration from Aegon the Conqueror is scary. She'll be rolling into battle on the backs of dragons, with sister-wives in tow.

 

[eloise]

Gu Wan taking inspiration from Aegon the Conqueror is scary. She'll be rolling into battle on the backs of dragons, with sister-wives in tow.

Hahaha, yes! Conquering the world through fear and incest.

NOT SERIOUS.

 

[Hyped_Taco]

Hahaha, yes! Conquering the world through fear and incest.

NOT SERIOUS.

I mean, incest worked pretty damn well for the Habsburg, that's all I'm saying.

 

[eloise]

I mean, incest worked pretty damn well for the Habsburg, that's all I'm saying.

Oh, that's definitely true!

 

[wickedlittlecritta]

I mean, incest worked pretty damn well for the Habsburg, that's all I'm saying.

did it, though?

 

[eloise]

did it, though?

A small price to pay for having a powerful bloodline.

Well a small price for them at least.

 

[Mitheral]

Three children destroyed the Mongols. Of course, the Mongols can lay claim to the fact that their FLEAS laid claim to a third of the population of Southwest Asia.

 

[Mitheral]

Hope ShinGeorgeTownRaja is okay.

 

[Hyped_Taco]

did it, though?

A small price to pay for half of Europe and powerful jawline

 

[eloise]

Hope ShinGeorgeTownRaja is okay.

They probably are, they were on yesterday.

 

[Mitheral]

Found a site that advertises the Seven Churches tour I went on in Turkey - though ours was arranged a bit differently - a private charter deal that started from Ankara instead of Istanbul or Izmir.

 

[wickedlittlecritta]

They probably are, they were on yesterday.

yeah, i assume they're probably busy with irl stuff and will be back on later tonight/tomorrow

 

[eloise]

yeah, i assume they're probably busy with irl stuff and will be back on later tonight/tomorrow

Hopefully!

 

[Rysesaka]

If ShinGeorgeTownRaja is still inactive for the next few days, someone needs to take up the shots for this RP. And it's sad if this RP doesn't take into fruition because it is by far one of the unique RPs I've seen for the last 9 years of my roleplay.