Chariot

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 BC and are depicted on cylinder seals from Central Anatolia in Kültepe dated to c. 1900 BC. The critical invention that allowed the construction of light, horse-drawn chariots was the spoked wheel.

Quotes

• Let me harness you a chariot of lapis lazuli and gold,
    its wheels shall be gold and its horns shall be amber.
  Driving lions in a team and mules of great size,
    enter our house amid the sweet scent of cedar!
  • Epic of Gilgamesh, VI. Ishtar and the Bull of Heaven (tr. Andrew R. George)