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It is unknown who invented the original horseshoe.

Horsemen in Asia constructed horse booties from leather and plant material.

During the first century, the Romans made leather and metal shoes called hipposandals.

By approximately the 6th or 7th centuries, horsemen in Europe nailed metal shoes to horses ' hooves.

By 1000 AD, cast bronze horseshoes with nail holes had became common in Europe.

Iron horseshoes became common by the 13th or 14th century.