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FriendlyEngineer t1_ister12 wrote

You will have to vastly narrow down you’re question to get any real answer. The answer will be dramatically different depending on time period, location, culture etc.

Ancient Egyptian peasant? No horse. Roman pleb from 100AD? Still no horse. Mongolian in 1250? Weird if you don’t have a horse. Native American pre 1492? What’s a horse? American settler in 1820? You might have a horse.

Also are we counting Donkeys and Mules as horses? Horses are very good for getting around quickly but not the best working the fields pulling plows, etc. Farmers generally used Mules, Donkeys, Oxen.

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bluelion70 t1_istulzt wrote

I just wrote out an entire reply to this question, and just before I pressed post I saw that you’d hit literally every single point I was trying to mention, even using nearly the same year examples. Well played, sir, well played.

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dovetc t1_isxvasa wrote

Now you've got me feeling bad for that hypothetical Mongol in 1250 with no horse. Having the jog alongside the horde.

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DarthSeti_ t1_it1egba wrote

What a comprehensive answer, bravo sir 👍🏾

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