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Old 10-05-2024, 10:07 PM   #24
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Default Re: Building a cavalryman vs. building a charioteer

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As obvious as it is in retrospect, LTC2 notes the early instances of cavalry, as depicted in contemporary artwork, was still a two-man team, with one rider controlling both mounts while the other used his bow.
This was the transitional period between chariot archers and horse archers. That illustration was Assyrian and dates to the 9th C BC
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