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probably by a “nomadic Aryan people, speaking an IndoEuropean language who inhabited the steppes bordering the Black and Caspian seas,” according to Carolyn Henderson’s “The New Book of Saddlery and Tack.”
Bridles and bits predated saddles by about as long as harnesses. Though oxen were occasionally guided by a rope fastened to the horns or a nose rope, reins fitted to a bit through the mouth were invented later. Bits of bone or horn appear to have come onto the scene about 2300 BC in Mesopotamia. By 1400 BC a jointed metal snafile was in general use, and by 430 BC the Greek general, writer and horseman Xenophon makes reference to a curb bit.
Saddles followed soon after the advent of the bit. From soon after 2300 BC, when recognizable bridles were first used, Sumarian written manuals document breeding programs to produce faster, bigger and stronger horses. From this point forward, according to Henderson’s book, the
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