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Chariot. Reconstructed Roman chariot drawn by horses. Approximate historical map of the spread of the spoke-wheeled chariot, 2000—500 BCE. A chariot is a type of cart driven by a charioteer, usually using horses [note 1] to provide rapid motive power.
Mar 6, 2013 · The Chariot was a light vehicle, usually on two wheels, drawn by one or more horses, often carrying two standing persons, a driver and a fighter using bow-and-arrow or javelins. The chariot was the supreme military weapon in Eurasia roughly from 1700 BCE to 500 BCE but was also used for hunting purposes and in sporting contests such as the ...
chariot, open, two- or four-wheeled vehicle of antiquity, probably first used in royal funeral processions and later employed in warfare, racing, and hunting. The chariot apparently originated in Mesopotamia in about 3000 bc; monuments from Ur and Tutub depict battle parades that include heavy vehicles with solid wheels, their bodywork framed ...
chariot: [noun] a light four-wheeled pleasure or state carriage.
Oct 22, 2023 · Over the centuries they were adopted and adapted by numerous cultures. These ten cultures provide the best representations of how the chariot spread and evolved across the Ancient World. 1. Eurasian Steppe Chariots. Petroglyphs depicting steppe Chariots, Indo-European c.2,000 BCE, From Indo-European.eu.
chariot. chariot racing, in the ancient world, a popular form of contest between small, two-wheeled vehicles drawn by two-, four-, or six-horse teams. The earliest account of a chariot race occurs in Homer’s description of the funeral of Patroclus ( Iliad, book xxiii). Such races were a prominent feature of the ancient Olympic Games and other ...
