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18 matches to Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse. c1842-1877. Sioux Indian chief vs Custer at Little Bighorn.
Aryans. 2000BC. Nomads from Steppes spread to India. Founded Indus Civilization, 3240-2750BC. Hyksos Empire in Syria, 1720-1550BC. Introduced horse chariots. Basis for all Indo-European languages.
Brunhild. 534-613. Visigoth queen of Austrasia. Fued w Fredegund. Def by Neustria. Executed by having her hair tied to tail of wild horse.
Bucephalus. -326BC. Alexander the Great’ s horse.
Calchas. Wise Greek prophet at Troy. Advised use of Trojan Horse.
Centaurs. Mythical beasts, half man, half horse.
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Biblical reference to war, famine, death, and Christ, to come at end of world.
Hobson, Tobias. Cambridge innkeeper who offered no choice of hired horse. -“Hobson’s choice”.
Hyksos. Semitic invaders of Egypt on horse and chariot. Ruled 1675-1550BC.
Laocoön. Trojan priest, distrusted Trojan Horse. Killed with sons by serpents.
Omnibus. 1829 London. 1904 Double decker. 1911 Last horse drawn bus.
Pegasus. Greek mythical winged horse.
Railways. 1795 England(horse-drawn). 1827 First US charter. 1827 Europe (St. Etienne-Andrézieux). 1869 US Central/Union Pacific. 1887 Canadian Pacific 1905 Trans-Siberian.
Sileni. Greek half man, half horse beings.
Starr, Belle. 1848-89. US horse thief, frontier heroine.
Storm, Theodor. 1817-88. German Realist writer. Rider of the White Horse 1838. Pole Poppenspäler 1874.
Trojan War. c1184BC. 10 Year siege to retrieve Helen taken by Paris to Troy. Trojan Horse leads to Greek victory.
Watt, James. 1736-1819. Scottish engineer, perfected steam engine, 1769. Defined horsepower. Rotating engine 1781.