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Cavalry is a unit of soldiers mounted on horseback. The origin of the use of the
horse as a means of transport goes back to prehistoric times. The fable of the
centaurs, if the derivation from ~epretv, to goad, raiipos, bull, be accepted,
would indicate the early existence of pastoral peoples living on horseback. Archaeological discoveries in India, Persia, Assyria and Egypt show that in the polished stone age quaternary man had domesticated the horse, while a Chinese treatise, the Goei-leaotse, the fifth book of the Veuking, a sort of military code dating from the reign of the emperor Hoang-Ti (2637 years B.C.), places the cavalry on the wings of the army. The Hebrews understood the use of the horse in war (Job xxxix. 1825), as did the Persians (Cyrus at the battle of Thymbra), Greeks and Romans. The Greeks and Romans, especially the former, were skilled horsemen, and feats on horseback were a feature of their games. They used no stirrup, but had both bridle and bit. They rode bareback, or on a cloth or skin, strapped to the horse. Chivalry was the system, spirit or customs of medieval knighthood. It was the idealized code of gallantry and honor that medieval knights were pledged to observe. It was founded on the principal virtues of piety, honor, valor, courtesy, chastity and loyalty. Chivalry simply means in its original sense ’service on horseback’, and it is derived from the French word ‘chevalerie’. It is of the same origin therefore as our more modern words cavalier and cavalry.
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