Dawn of the Horse Warriors : Chariot and Cavalry Warfare, 3000-600BC

The Domestication Of The Horse Revolutionized Warfare, Granting Unprecedented Strategic And Tactical Mobility, Allowing Armies To Strike With Terrifying Speed. The Horse Was First Used As The Motive Force For Chariots And Then, In A Second Revolution, As Mounts For The First True Cavalry. The Period Covered Encompasses The Development Of The First Clumsy Ass-drawn Chariots In Sumer (of Which The Author Built And Tested A Working Replica For The Bbc); Takes In The Golden Age Of Chariot Warfare Resulting From The Arrival Of The Domesticated Horse And The Spoked Wheel, Then Continues Down Through The Development Of The First Regular Cavalry Force By The Assyrians And On To Their Eventual Overthrow By An Alliance Of Medes And The Scythians, Wild Semi-nomadic Horsemen From The Eurasian Steppe. As Well As Narrating The Rise Of The Mounted Arm Through Campaigns And Battles, Duncan Noble Draws On All His Vast Experience As A Horseman And Experimental Archaeologist To Discuss With Great Authority The Development Of Horsemanship, Horse Management And Training And The Significant Developments In Horse Harness And Saddles. --publisher Description. Machine Generated Contents Note: Ch. 1 The Domestication Of The Horse -- Ch. 2 Central Asia -- Ch. 3 Wheeled Transport Before The Sumerians -- Ch. 4 Sumer -- Ch. 5 Mesopotamia Between The Sumerians And The Assyrians -- Ch. 6 The Early Assyrian Empire -- Ch. 7 The Later Assyrian Empire -- Ch. 8 Elam -- Ch. 9 Egypt -- Ch. 10 Palestine, Syria, And Cyprus -- Ch. 11 Anatolia -- Ch. 12 Europe: The Mycenaeans -- Ch. 13 China -- Ch. 14 The Indian Sub-continent. Duncan Noble. Cover Dedication Book Title Copyright Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 The Domestication of the Horse Chapter 2 Central Asia Chapter 3 Wheeled Transport before the Sumerians Chapter 4 Sumer Chapter 5 Mesopotamia Between the Sumerians and the Assyrians Chapter 6 The Early Assyrian Empire Chapter 7 The Later Assyrian Empire Plate section Chapter 8 Elam Chapter 9 Egypt Chapter 10 Palestine, Syria, and Cyprus Chapter 11 Anatolia Chapter 12 Europe: The Mycenaeans Chapter 13 China Chapter 14 The Indian Sub-continent Conclusions Chronological Table Appendix A: The Wheels of War Appendix B: Who Was Who Bibliography Index Back Cover