Keeping these animals together and moving them at any significant speed is much more easily done from horseback. ... The light cavalry had developed during the Warring States period (475-221 BC), and by the Han dynasty it was the dominant military use of the horse. ... Horses came to be cherished as signs of speed, strength, and perseverance (Burkhardt, 37). ...

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