Armenia, cradle of civilization. With 2,806 years of history, Armenia's capital city Yerevan is one of the oldest continuously operating capitals in the world – 29 years older than Rome. #Armenian#Armenians#Armenia
The Armenian Highlands are renowned for horse breeding. The #Armenian cavalry of the ancient times was called “Ayrudzi”, Armenian for “man and horse”. The ancient Greek historian Xenophon during his travels through #Armenia recorded how #Armenians considered horses sacred.
The horses of Iceland are the original Viking horses and one of the purest horse breeds in the world. Breed has been isolated on the rugged island in North-Atlantic since the settlement, or over 1000 years ago
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