A chariot is a type of cart driven by a charioteer, usually using horses to provide rapid motive power. The oldest known chariots have been found in burials of the Sintashta culture in modern-day Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, dated to c. 1950–1880 BCE and are depicted on cylinder seals from Central Anatolia in Kültepe dated to c. 1900 BCE. The critical invention that allowed the construction of light, horse-drawn chariots was the spoked wheel.
Reconstructed Roman chariot drawn by horses.
Hittite chariot (drawing of an Egyptian relief)
Copper plated, solid wheeled chariot, discovered Sinauli, c. 1865–1550 BCE
Chariot detail at Airavatesvara Temple built by Rajaraja Chola II of the Chola Empire in the 12th century CE
A cart or dray is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by draught animals such as horses, donkeys, mules and oxen, or even smaller animals such as goats or large dogs.
Horse and cart at Beamish Museum (England, 2013)
Dockworkers and hand cart (Haiti, 2006)
Etruscan chariot, 6th century BC
Ramesses II on an Egyptian chariot