Chariot
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A chariot is a type of two-wheeled vehicle with spoked wheels, driven by a charioteer, usually using horses to provide rapid motive power for usage in warfare. The oldest known chariots have been foun
Reconstructed Roman chariot drawn by horses
Hittite chariot (drawing of an Egyptian relief)
A golden chariot made during Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC)
Relief of Assyrian war chariot from Nimrud, Iraq (865-860 BCE)
Sintashta culture
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The Sintashta culture is a Middle Bronze Age archaeological culture of the Southern Urals, dated to the period c. 2200–1900 BCE. It is the first phase of the Sintashta–Petrovka complex, c. 2200–1750 B
Chariot
…by a charioteer, usually using horses to provide rapid motive power for usage in warfare. The oldest known chariots have been found in burials of the Sintashta culture in modern-day Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, dated to c. 1950–1880 BC and are depicted on cylinder seals from Central Anatolia in Kültepe dated to c. 1900…
Sintashta culture
Aerial view of Arkaim
Chariot model, Arkaim museum
Mace and axe heads from Sintashta grave