Numerical answer
The four sentences below, labelled 1-4, can be arranged in a logical order to form a coherent paragraph. Enter the correct order as a four-digit number (e.g., 2413).
1. Selective breeding for size, speed, and temperament, developed by pastoral societies on the Eurasian steppe roughly 5,500 years ago, transformed the wild horse into an animal capable of sustained riding.
2. Horse-mounted societies could move armies, trade goods, and news across distances that had previously taken weeks, fundamentally altering the pace at which empires could expand and communicate.
3. Long before the horse was domesticated, most overland travel and transport relied on walking or on slower draft animals such as oxen.
4. This new mobility eventually reshaped military strategy across Eurasia, giving mounted nomadic groups a decisive advantage over settled agricultural societies that had not yet adopted cavalry warfare.
1. Selective breeding for size, speed, and temperament, developed by pastoral societies on the Eurasian steppe roughly 5,500 years ago, transformed the wild horse into an animal capable of sustained riding.
2. Horse-mounted societies could move armies, trade goods, and news across distances that had previously taken weeks, fundamentally altering the pace at which empires could expand and communicate.
3. Long before the horse was domesticated, most overland travel and transport relied on walking or on slower draft animals such as oxen.
4. This new mobility eventually reshaped military strategy across Eurasia, giving mounted nomadic groups a decisive advantage over settled agricultural societies that had not yet adopted cavalry warfare.
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Answer: 3124
Sentence 3 sets the baseline before domestication (walking, oxen). Sentence 1 introduces the domestication and breeding of horses that changed this. Sentence 2 describes the resulting new mobility for mounted societies, and sentence 4 concludes with its long-term military consequence. The order is 3-1-2-4.
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