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baejax-the-great · 1 year ago

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One of the reasons the ancient Greeks relied on chariots for warfare is that saddles and especially stirrups had not been invented yet and sitting bareback (and bare-assed lbr) on a horse while trying to throw a spear at someone would have been exceedingly difficult.

#like chariots are kind of stupid if horseback riding has been invented #chariots require two people and two horses (and often had a third just in case)#one person to drive the chariot and the other person to throw things from it #whereas riding the horse is more efficient horse to warrior style #and gives you leverage #and better control #wheels break and get stuck and chariots flip #horses have better footing than wheels #that said people DID ride horses #but no saddles no stirrups so in warfare it was kinda pointless #I'm going through my drafts and i don't remember why I wrote this #but it is true #It is weird to think about all the shit that hadn't been invented yet #like we have a pretty static view of before electricity and after #but fucking stirrups didn't exist yet #saddles didn't exist yet #that's kind of wild

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