>>19074718It's from the original europeans that tamed horses. Turks and mongols also adopted it.
It has always been popular in pockets of mountaineer/tribal type warrior cultures across Europe like in Bretagne in France, Sardinia, Galicia, Albania, Greece, Scandinavia,... I think protein intake was key in why pastoral people owned farmer cissies so much. Even romans used balkan mountaineers extensively in their armies, which is why almost all emperors after the crisis of the third century, who came from military ranks, are illyrian, thracian or dacian.
Even today, milk consumption correlates with tall strong people to a degree in Europe.
I don't get England though.
