Why the Two-Wheel Chariot Was So Effective in Ancient Battles

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@michaelcollier4613
@michaelcollier4613 4 жыл бұрын
I love Mike's enthusiasm about archery. His skill is very impressive too!
@nickward7702
@nickward7702 4 жыл бұрын
He has the same enthusiasm when it comes to all ancient weapons
@juliusmorgan2292
@juliusmorgan2292 4 жыл бұрын
Then you'll love lars christiansen...
@juliusmorgan2292
@juliusmorgan2292 4 жыл бұрын
Anderson sorry
@formwiz7096
@formwiz7096 4 жыл бұрын
He's a great teacher.
@mdstmouse7
@mdstmouse7 4 жыл бұрын
he wrote a great book called war bows. its one of the best books ive read.
@xotl2780
@xotl2780 4 жыл бұрын
I can't wait for the video in 2000 years about how the "tank" was an effective unit in old world combat.
@Daylon91
@Daylon91 4 жыл бұрын
We won't make it that far lol
@xotl2780
@xotl2780 4 жыл бұрын
@@Daylon91 Speak for yourself smokey.
@warpartyattheoutpost4987
@warpartyattheoutpost4987 4 жыл бұрын
@@xotl2780, *in the end there can be only one.*
@lennertvandyck5185
@lennertvandyck5185 4 жыл бұрын
Sorry to be the one to tell you but you'll be gone by then.
@theundisputed8350
@theundisputed8350 4 жыл бұрын
@@lennertvandyck5185 we'll be *re-incarnated* lol
@-KillaWatt-
@-KillaWatt- 4 жыл бұрын
The first drive-by.
@darbydupree4056
@darbydupree4056 4 жыл бұрын
Killa Watt lmbo. 🤣🤣🤣
@zes3813
@zes3813 3 жыл бұрын
wrg
@TheGoldennach
@TheGoldennach 4 ай бұрын
Best comment! XD
@Ghost-airlines
@Ghost-airlines 2 ай бұрын
Gansta 😎
@tombrown6628
@tombrown6628 4 жыл бұрын
Afraid I would fall out of the chariot as it bounced over uneven terrain while I was trying to shoot a bow and arrow in a fast moving 🎯
@ascetic3312
@ascetic3312 4 жыл бұрын
As the narrator said, the chariot's suspension helps him keeps his balance. Suspension is something we have on cars, while more advanced today, it would have had the same function. When you drive a car, you don't feel like you're bumping all over the place all the time because the car can move more smoothly through those bumps.
@AmazingNatureRelaxation
@AmazingNatureRelaxation 4 жыл бұрын
I'd be on the ground with you. -H
@robertnichols2283
@robertnichols2283 4 жыл бұрын
Tom Brown how does one surf the ocean waves... practice, practice, practice!
@muhamadsayyidabidin3906
@muhamadsayyidabidin3906 4 жыл бұрын
I read that egyptian use rope around their waist so they could aim the bow while on running chariot better. Not all chariot use bow, however. Some wield a really long two handed spear while many other use chariot as transportation rather than true fighting machine
@davidhart5344
@davidhart5344 2 жыл бұрын
agree, this was done at a combed paddock with slo mo video. how fast was he actually?
@IndoAryan
@IndoAryan 2 жыл бұрын
Chariots figure prominently in the Rigveda, evidencing their presence in India in the 2nd millennium BCE. Notably, the Rigveda differentiates between the Ratha (chariot) and the Anas (often translated as "cart"). Rigvedic chariots are described as made of the wood of Salmali (RV 10.85.20), Khadira and Simsapa (RV 3.53.19) trees. While the number of wheels varies, chariot measurements for each configuration are found in the Shulba Sutras.
@snehnareshpatel4241
@snehnareshpatel4241 Жыл бұрын
Want details
@tsamgurkhan
@tsamgurkhan 9 ай бұрын
R1a supremacy and world domination
@WilliamLi-nd4lz
@WilliamLi-nd4lz 6 ай бұрын
@@tsamgurkhan Chances are you yourself arent r1a
@dadventuretv2538
@dadventuretv2538 4 жыл бұрын
If Mike had been around doing shows like these back when I was a history major in undergrad, I might have continued on to get my PhD in history instead of a law degree. Back then I thought all I could do with a PhD in history was be a college professor, which seemed kinda boring. Love Mike. Oh, and chariot vs chariot combat- two dimensional fighting. Must have been something to see a battle with thousands on each side.
@deniimacdougall
@deniimacdougall 4 жыл бұрын
Man, that dude gets excited about chariots!
@cvandy2252
@cvandy2252 3 жыл бұрын
Haha the way he ran and jumped into it in the beginning let us know the enthusiasm level we were in for.
@Igor_054
@Igor_054 6 ай бұрын
Wait, don't you?
@darbydupree4056
@darbydupree4056 4 жыл бұрын
Mike was riding around on nice even ground. Hitting a rock would be a catastrophe.
@Daylon91
@Daylon91 4 жыл бұрын
Depends on the rock size but that goes for everything.
@formwiz7096
@formwiz7096 4 жыл бұрын
A good driver had to be LeMans quality, maneuvering around obstacles. That was the whole point.
@wolfremus2521
@wolfremus2521 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks god that early civilization were all situate in flat plain of river delta.
@generalbrock2000
@generalbrock2000 3 жыл бұрын
There are accounts of armies preparing the fields before some battles to ensure there were no obstacles like rocks.
@acerld519
@acerld519 Жыл бұрын
@@generalbrock2000 Yes, the Persians allegedly flattened the plain at Gaugamela for the sake of their chariots.
@04straw
@04straw 4 жыл бұрын
I love this channel. I've learned so much from it. Thank you! ❤
@BobfromSydney
@BobfromSydney 4 жыл бұрын
It's only a two minute video so there are time constraints, but it's also worthwhile to mention that the first domesticated horses were small, too small to use as cavalry mounts and it took thousands of years of additional breeding to get to the point where you could deploy horse archers. Chariots allowed these small ancient horses to serve a useful purpose on the battlefield.
@Veldtian1
@Veldtian1 4 жыл бұрын
This wasn't the late Pleistocene mate, this was just 3-4-5 thousand years ago.
@Artuditu123
@Artuditu123 4 жыл бұрын
@@Veldtian1 Yeah, but breeding good riding horses takes generations, same for training it and building culture of using cavalry, techniques of fighting from the saddle, bow design, saddle design etc. When making light carriage and teaching two "standard" horses to pull it is much more effective and easier to do ad hoc
@umaransari9765
@umaransari9765 4 жыл бұрын
But Nubians and Persian had horse archers from very beginning if I am not wrong
@jeffreypierson2064
@jeffreypierson2064 3 жыл бұрын
I thought it was the invention of the stirrup that was the decisive point for mounted versus chariot archers.
@jamespappas8885
@jamespappas8885 3 жыл бұрын
@@jeffreypierson2064 I'm pretty sure you're right. It's the stirrups that made the difference. Not the sizes of the horse. It's all about stability and aim while moving
@AmazingNatureRelaxation
@AmazingNatureRelaxation 4 жыл бұрын
🌺This is such a cool channel. I wish I could stream it without being tied to a cable tv provider. Fascinating stuff this. -Henry
@MseeBMe
@MseeBMe Жыл бұрын
I can’t wait to see the video on how the ancients would pre-level the ground of their battlefields.
@victoryoneable
@victoryoneable 4 жыл бұрын
Suspension or no suspension, I think the standard tactic would be to use the chariot for positioning, halting before shooting.
@Red_Neck
@Red_Neck 4 жыл бұрын
No they had the chariot contingents to drive parallel to the enemy line and pelt them with arrows Positioning with these doesn't seem that useful because chariot are really bad when going through rough terrain
@formwiz7096
@formwiz7096 4 жыл бұрын
These were the fighter planes of their time. They strafed the enemy.
@nickward7702
@nickward7702 4 жыл бұрын
Wish yall would so full episodes
@Lmao69
@Lmao69 2 жыл бұрын
No wonder why chariots were one of the greatest Indian inventions.
@sreenathjohnsonsaysnotolgbtq
@sreenathjohnsonsaysnotolgbtq 9 ай бұрын
😂 facts laugh at your comment. The earliest fully developed spoke-wheeled horse chariots are from the chariot burials of the Andronovo (Timber-Grave) sites of the Sintashta-Petrovka Proto-Indo-Iranian culture in modern Russia and Kazakhstan from around 2000 BC
@sigma_wolfpack
@sigma_wolfpack 9 ай бұрын
Brahmin chad 💪💪💪🗿🗿🗿
@punavmirlekar
@punavmirlekar 4 жыл бұрын
no way thats full speed
@letri3139
@letri3139 3 жыл бұрын
IKR, too slow.
@scintillam_dei
@scintillam_dei 3 жыл бұрын
Because he's hitting an elephant rider whose elephant is pooping, DUH!
@AudieHolland
@AudieHolland 3 жыл бұрын
Who says they were shooting arrows at full speed? During World War II, most tanks couldn't fire accurately while on the move. So they had to come to a full stop before firing their gun.
@SerDunk
@SerDunk 4 жыл бұрын
Geesus hadnt ever thought of the archer in a chariot in this way! Crazy weapon of ancient war
@erikhaynes5506
@erikhaynes5506 Жыл бұрын
I don't understand how a chariot could even function in real world terrain without bouncing everyone off or going 2mph.
@zanderdev57
@zanderdev57 Жыл бұрын
Well you are standing in the chariot so your legs can act as the suspension, also people could tie themselves loosely to the chariot, meaning they could lean against the rope for stability without getting flung around in a way that a fixed seat would
@DY-fy2jh
@DY-fy2jh 4 жыл бұрын
This is a fun job.
@jeremysnowdenz
@jeremysnowdenz 5 ай бұрын
This was great!
@POCASBL
@POCASBL 4 жыл бұрын
I am not a chariot expert like them... but the chariot in the video look like it didn’t have any suspension.
@POCASBL
@POCASBL 4 жыл бұрын
Leona Bastet , very informative , I figured as much. However the narrator said “ the chariot suspension will help Mike keep his valence...”. And like previously noted, that particular chariot did not have a suspension.
@alanmountain5804
@alanmountain5804 4 жыл бұрын
I have seen the full episode of this many years ago. What we are seeing here is the end result of the chariot they build in the episode. The suspension they are talking about is actually a flexible floor for the occupants to stand on and not wheel suspension. I remember him claiming he was very impressed with how smooth the ride was
@HowtoRPG
@HowtoRPG 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@The1Green4Man
@The1Green4Man Жыл бұрын
That must feel awesome
@sethguest781
@sethguest781 3 жыл бұрын
King Muwatalli II: What do those wretched Egyptians have that I do not to crush them? Pharaoh Rameses II: Forward! (A wall of chariots comes rushing towards the Hittite army like a fierce storm, Egyptian soldiers yelling like mad) King Muwatalli II: (In disbelief) ...!
@homomusicus1
@homomusicus1 3 жыл бұрын
The oldest chariot in the world was found in the Chelyabinsk region. And this, by the way, is the first vehicle in the history of mankind on wheels. Moreover, according to scientists, it was on the lands of the Southern Urals that the very first wheel was invented, in the form that we know it today: a wheel on spokes. Here is a quote from wikipedia: "The center of the appearance of the horse fighting chariot is the area of ​ ​ northeastern Iran and the South Urals. The oldest classic-type chariot known to scientists was discovered in the area with. Chernorechye (Chelyabinsk region), at the archaeological site of Synthashtinsky culture - in the burial ground Krivoe Lake. And it dates from the XX - XVIII centuries. BC er. " That is, about 4 thousand years ago.
@Lmao69
@Lmao69 3 жыл бұрын
Oldest chariot is found in the indian state of utter pradesh
@sreenathjohnsonsaysnotolgbtq
@sreenathjohnsonsaysnotolgbtq 9 ай бұрын
​@@Lmao69The earliest fully developed spoke-wheeled horse chariots are from the chariot burials of the Andronovo (Timber-Grave) sites of the Sintashta-Petrovka Proto-Indo-Iranian culture in modern Russia and Kazakhstan from around 2000 BC
@brumm3653
@brumm3653 2 жыл бұрын
I wonder how often the horses of one's own chariot were being shot accidentally...
@bukk_shot
@bukk_shot 4 жыл бұрын
How well can he shoot while the chariot is moving *shows him landing his very first shot*
@ДмитрийАверьянов-у4м
@ДмитрийАверьянов-у4м 3 жыл бұрын
For the price of chariot with one archer you get two horse archers
@miracleyang3048
@miracleyang3048 3 жыл бұрын
Those ancient horses were too small and weak to carry an archer to battle
@jeffreypierson2064
@jeffreypierson2064 3 жыл бұрын
Not without stirrups, you don't.
@viper2148
@viper2148 3 жыл бұрын
@@jeffreypierson2064 Comanches did fine without stirrups.
@chitragatha-anshudeepdhusi5752
@chitragatha-anshudeepdhusi5752 Жыл бұрын
lack of stirrups and saddles (and perhaps, Horseshoe also 🤔) . before these inventions, fighting on horseback, especially with bows and arrows, was a very very difficult and dangerous task. Secondly the size of horses then was also not considered as appropriate enough to carry an armored Men for long. If it was possible to fight on horseback effectively, then I guess that no war chariots were being invented from Egypt to China and from India to Persia.
@chitragatha-anshudeepdhusi5752
@chitragatha-anshudeepdhusi5752 Жыл бұрын
@@viper2148 can't say how much fine. They were not fighting against Mongols, Shakas, Huns, etc.
@JehRoniMo11
@JehRoniMo11 3 жыл бұрын
Nice shooting, idk how they stayed in those chariots it looks easy to fall out
@Judge_Mike
@Judge_Mike 3 жыл бұрын
training
@Judge_Mike
@Judge_Mike 3 жыл бұрын
Cesar wrote that Brits could walk upon the draft pole of the moving chariot
@tesssanders7993
@tesssanders7993 2 жыл бұрын
Can ya'll ride, shooting arrows with the reins tied around your waist like the Pharohs did? I've always wanted to see SOMEONE try because they managed it! For a few thousand years.
@Bulten1973
@Bulten1973 Жыл бұрын
The chariots suspension? Did they have a sneaky construction that I can't see or does he mean that it beats sitting directly on the horseback?
@somebodyontheinternet1090
@somebodyontheinternet1090 2 жыл бұрын
How fast where they going?
@restoretheearth2829
@restoretheearth2829 4 жыл бұрын
Learn something new every day. They offer mounted archery contests on horseback in Texas. Rules are horse must not be going slower than a trot. I would like to have spear throwing contests from horseback. I am a terrible archer, but can throw a javelin with ease. Genghis Khan used to train his top soldiers to throw spear or javelin from horseback. They had to approach target at dead run, make a 90° angle turn full speed and throw. One captain missed badly. Khan questioned him. The guy said "My horse made a mistake." Khan tore him a new one. He said You and your horse should be one. It is all your fault you were not one with your horse. Go and work with your horse until you are one.
@somberlain5673
@somberlain5673 3 жыл бұрын
Thats really cool. The ancient numidian cavalrys Main weapon was the javelin too. And they were a very effective force In Hannibal's campaign against Rome. Definitely would like to see some javelin throws from horse back contests.
@509734
@509734 10 ай бұрын
4000 years ago and humans already figured out the drive by
@bettyottman1718
@bettyottman1718 9 ай бұрын
Should the Chariot have the protective Door back so the People Don't Fall?
@ProtoIndoEuropean88
@ProtoIndoEuropean88 2 жыл бұрын
Our Indo European ancestors are proud with this video
@Heinzpeteromfg
@Heinzpeteromfg 3 жыл бұрын
So Why WAS the Two-Wheel Chariot so Effective in Ancient Battles? I didn't really care before but now I really do want to know!
@MrAwsomenoob
@MrAwsomenoob 3 жыл бұрын
Kinda depends on the civilization in question for Egypt it was a light mobile archer platform to Herass the enemy and be superior in chariot on chariot this is evident because an award for brave charioteers was a necklace with gold flies on it for chariots who got uncomfortablebly close to the enemy front line and survived. The hittites had heavier three man chariots that were used like heavy cavalry at kadesh a force of about 500 hittite chariots steam rolled an entire division of the egyptian army but when they attacked the camp the Egyptians used their superior mobility to fight them off. Chariots were barely used in the aegean areas of Greece and Crete as anything more the glorified taxis to ferry kings and warriors. This is actually attested to in Homer's illiad and they didn't constitute an elite army corps like with the Egyptians and hittites the vast majority of bronze age civilizations fall somewhere along these lines depending on things like terrain and resources at hand chariots were expensive so it was the domain of kings, nobles and distinguished warriors who could afford all the equipment and horses and logistics to take care of it all along with weapons and armor.
@Heinzpeteromfg
@Heinzpeteromfg 3 жыл бұрын
@@MrAwsomenoob but what's the advantage over just sitting on the horse? I kinda guess there is none else it would not have dies ou.
@MrAwsomenoob
@MrAwsomenoob 3 жыл бұрын
@@Heinzpeteromfgsimple. Horses weren't big enough or strong enough to ride with weapons and armor. Bronze age horse were more comparable to ponies. what we consider a proper horse would take centuries of selective breeding. horse mounted cavalry wouldn't appear until well into the iron age long after the bronze age empires collapsed. Earliest known use of cavalry was by the neo assyrian around the 900s BC
@Heinzpeteromfg
@Heinzpeteromfg 3 жыл бұрын
@@MrAwsomenoob I'll take this information with a grain of salt, as this is the internet, but that actually makes a lot of sense and is quite interesting.
@aaronjefferson279
@aaronjefferson279 2 жыл бұрын
@@Heinzpeteromfg he’s absolutely correct
@swapanroy7175
@swapanroy7175 3 жыл бұрын
Best chariot in the world
@WargameRus
@WargameRus 2 жыл бұрын
Отличный реконструктор античных колесниц.
@Zaxares
@Zaxares 4 жыл бұрын
Now I'm curious as to why chariots died out as a method of ancient warfare. I know they were eventually replaced by mounted horse archers, but why? Were the mounted archers more maneuverable? Were they "cheaper" to produce since you only needed 1 man and 1 horse as compared to 2 men, 2 horses AND a chariot? Or was it (as I suspect), horse archers can function on a greater variety of terrain than chariots can? Chariots would have difficulty traversing forests or wetlands, for instance.
@babachloe7140
@babachloe7140 4 жыл бұрын
Its most definitely the maneuverability factor. Plus the additional costs of building and maintaining the actual chariot.
@freakystyle1996
@freakystyle1996 4 жыл бұрын
Chariots were used because 3000 years ago no horse breeds existed that could hold a fully armed man on its back. Horses were smaller, no larger than ponies. Chariots became obsolete as larger horses that allowed warriors to ride them were bred, as they were incredibly expensive to both build and upkeep.
@FoundWanting970
@FoundWanting970 3 жыл бұрын
@@freakystyle1996 Assyrians had horse archers though
@Aakashputtur
@Aakashputtur 3 жыл бұрын
@@freakystyle1996 archaeologist found one of the oldest chariot in the world from India it was expecting to be 2500-1900bc old..
@thelordandsaviorgigachadrr888
@thelordandsaviorgigachadrr888 3 жыл бұрын
@@Aakashputtur that would either mean that the indus valley civilization had chariots before the Indo-Aryans came, or if it was from 1900 BC, then it must have been a chariot from one of the first groups of Indo-Aryans, because if I remember correctly, there were a few that arrived before the majority of the Proto-Rigvedic Indo-Aryans came.
@karlangeloarcenas7626
@karlangeloarcenas7626 2 жыл бұрын
Until pikes formed
@cheegum6296
@cheegum6296 2 жыл бұрын
Does it come with heated seats
@sallys4474
@sallys4474 4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@garethalford682
@garethalford682 Жыл бұрын
So it’s basically ancient archery, drive-by
@tastycocoa1
@tastycocoa1 4 жыл бұрын
Wow he’s good with that arrow
@margingains2937
@margingains2937 10 ай бұрын
Mike was going like 2 Miles per hour
@PremierAlanMC
@PremierAlanMC 2 жыл бұрын
The Greeks invented the drive-by
@ALIYYILA
@ALIYYILA 3 жыл бұрын
Good demo. I was wondering why Israel couldn't win some Kings who had chariots of iron, in old testament days. Now, it is amazing to know. 👌👌👌
@matovicmmilan
@matovicmmilan 4 ай бұрын
What if the enemy is further than 5 meters?
@timthatshim8037
@timthatshim8037 2 жыл бұрын
What the show wants you to think: "can he hit the target while going at full speed?" What's actually happening: the horses trotting along like Central Park carriage ride horses. 🤥🤣
@bettyottman1718
@bettyottman1718 2 жыл бұрын
We could use a chariot.
@post-leftluddite
@post-leftluddite 3 жыл бұрын
Mike Loades is the best!!
@quitlife9279
@quitlife9279 3 ай бұрын
If all chariots can do is shoot arrows I just don't see how that is better than foot archers? It's a massive target and there's no way the archer on a moving chariot is going to be more accurate than on stable ground. And if any of the horses/driver/archer on it gets hit then it's instantly disarmed or even lost altogether. Maybe it's only used against melee infantry?
@Hosheyakozilla
@Hosheyakozilla 3 ай бұрын
Same logic as the later horse-archer: chariot-borne archers are swifter and more mobile than foot archers. This allowed them to more readily exploit weak-points in enemy lines and close the distance to deliver more accurate shots before withdrawing (to prevent, as you said being made an easy target). They were also useful, at least in some capacity, for deploying small yet mobile contingents of infantry. Keep in mind that the chariot's heyday was the early Bronze Age, a time in which warfare (with some exceptions) was less organized than later periods. You would generally see a greater struggle on the part of commander's to counter them quickly. Furthermore, cavalry wasn't a thing in most of the world at the time of the chariots. Stirrups, canted saddles, spurs and horse breeds large enough to wear armor and carry a rider were uncommon, so chariots effectively performed the role of later horsemen. It is with advancements in cavalry that the chariot became, mostly, obsolete, as good cavalry was faster (e.g good at running down charioteers), cheaper and more agile at turning and traversing rough terrain - essentially better in everyway. Furthermore, contrary to what the video says not all chariots were glorified archer-platforms. Examples, such as the famed Persian scythed chariots did exist and were designed to plow into or scatter infantry, though these came about largely after the variant shown in the video had been made obsolete by cavalry. The success of scythed chariots against well-drilled infantry is also mixed, despite their frequent usage by the Persians. While Xenophon describes Persian chariots working well in coordination with cavalry (e.g breaking up infantry formations so cavalry could run them down), their lacking agility left them vulnerable to being encircle by infantry well-trained enough to part ranks against the initial charge. Ultimately, the chariot worked best when cavalry wasn't a thing and it was the only option for a mobile shock unit.
@stampedmetalsword8099
@stampedmetalsword8099 2 жыл бұрын
The chariot driver is easy on the eyes.
@Tout-Le-Monde02
@Tout-Le-Monde02 4 жыл бұрын
yeah, go right upto the target, ask it to stand still and drive as slow as a snail ...... perfect pointers for chariot warriors to hit 9 targets out of 12 ......
@olesuhr727
@olesuhr727 4 жыл бұрын
Put your money where your mouth is.
@AbdulHameed-uk5yf
@AbdulHameed-uk5yf 3 жыл бұрын
Nice to see you didnt fell down coz u have a pretty driver.
@tomjohnson3610
@tomjohnson3610 2 жыл бұрын
No part of this video showed FULL speed.
@aserodriguez1425
@aserodriguez1425 5 ай бұрын
Why was it so effective, it's a now and arrow drive by when everybody else is walking and using swords.
@akashkumarswami9411
@akashkumarswami9411 4 жыл бұрын
1:21
@Goldone99
@Goldone99 Жыл бұрын
Long live the Dragon 🐲
@philgamer_309
@philgamer_309 3 жыл бұрын
No way that's full speed
@yoyoeveryone7507
@yoyoeveryone7507 4 жыл бұрын
How much this Chariot price
@hippiejoe5583
@hippiejoe5583 4 жыл бұрын
4
@nicknmm09
@nicknmm09 4 жыл бұрын
Three fiddy
@Defrap22
@Defrap22 4 жыл бұрын
They dont exist anymore
@etzerdlasgaudistuben5300
@etzerdlasgaudistuben5300 3 жыл бұрын
it looks like its easy to fall out, m8s
@WillVRam
@WillVRam 4 жыл бұрын
A full speed of 10km/h
@immortaljanus
@immortaljanus 4 жыл бұрын
Enough to outrun a tired infantryman...
@Harsh12351
@Harsh12351 5 ай бұрын
Mongol Horse Archers laughing in Hordes 😂
@dussasthebrigand-poet6054
@dussasthebrigand-poet6054 4 жыл бұрын
High Mobility Archerypurpose Wheeled Chariot
@Markynaz
@Markynaz 4 жыл бұрын
Age of Empires 1 vibes anyone?
@EfnysYersina
@EfnysYersina 3 жыл бұрын
Rome: Total War buddy😎
@amitmangsulikar7153
@amitmangsulikar7153 3 жыл бұрын
60+ young man🌹
@branmabonkaesgard8167
@branmabonkaesgard8167 3 жыл бұрын
"full speed"
@spring-heeledjack3340
@spring-heeledjack3340 4 жыл бұрын
Curiously dark-skinned Egyptians in the picture at the beginning. Who are you afraid of, Smithsonian?
@utkarshsingh8297
@utkarshsingh8297 2 жыл бұрын
Always racism...
@spring-heeledjack3340
@spring-heeledjack3340 2 жыл бұрын
@@utkarshsingh8297 Always factual...me, not the Smithsonian. The Ancient Egyptians were not black.
@utkarshsingh8297
@utkarshsingh8297 2 жыл бұрын
@@spring-heeledjack3340 egypt was multicultural society of middle eastern and blacks..
@utkarshsingh8297
@utkarshsingh8297 2 жыл бұрын
@@spring-heeledjack3340 egypt is near to arab world not Lebanon first of all...
@spring-heeledjack3340
@spring-heeledjack3340 2 жыл бұрын
@@utkarshsingh8297 The Arabs were stuck in Arabia at the time... This was long before Mohammed. Egypt borders Israel, and Berbers on the same latitude are as pale as the Lebanese.
@skie6282
@skie6282 4 жыл бұрын
I prefer the 1 wheeled chariot
@alexanderhay-whitton4993
@alexanderhay-whitton4993 2 жыл бұрын
Shall we list the nations that didn't use archers in their chariots? Or mention that most vehicles would usually be blocked by others in their unit in many directions? Or the fact that chariots invariably vanished once horses big enough to bear a rider had been bred?
@anoni81b4u
@anoni81b4u 9 ай бұрын
2:04 CLEAVAGE
@ivannacastillo8419
@ivannacastillo8419 4 жыл бұрын
Who is here because you teacher told to see this video
@greatnoblelord
@greatnoblelord 3 жыл бұрын
I watch the second video with this potz, and again a typical divorce of suckers - at what speed was the chariot going? Why is she walking on a racetrack, and not on a real field - would this potz be able to hit when shooting with an arrow, and at least stand on his feet and shoot if you go on the field? Why is it not shown how the chariot unfolds? With such a wheelbase, if you make a sharp turn, either the wheels will fly off or the chariot will turn over
@Aakashputtur
@Aakashputtur 3 жыл бұрын
Over 4500years world oldest chariot found in india....
@greatnoblelord
@greatnoblelord 3 жыл бұрын
@@Aakashputtur baby, first of all, what does this have to do with my comment? Secondly, the Indo-Europeans came to India from the Southern Russian steppes in chariots. This is common knowledge.
@ryan.1990
@ryan.1990 Жыл бұрын
Why not just invent horse archers? 🤷🏻‍♂️
@interstellarlapisthecccp4946
@interstellarlapisthecccp4946 2 жыл бұрын
It is absolutely not true that the whole point of the chariot was to 'put an archer on the battlefield'. I'm sensing a bit of Britannic-bias here; as a British historian of course he will be aware of the tactical viability of the bow and arrow, but that does not mean that is the same way armies of other civilizations operated. One thing I should point out first is that riding horses mounted on their back is something that was very rare back during the hay-day of the chariot, during the Bronze Age. That is not to say it was never done, but in all likeliness the myth's surrounding centaurs may well have originated from ancient Greeks encountering groups of warriors who mounted cavalry the way we are familiar with today. So yeah, basically all major armies at this time were using chariots instead of riding on horseback, though the chariots most likely fulfilled a role similar to that of cavalry in Medieval and Renaissance warfare. I will say that chariots in this era absolutely had archers riding on them, and in some cases that was exclusive; specifically with the case of Egypt, we saw warriors (typically from royalty) using what are referred to as 'skirmish chariots'. Meaning their main purpose was to facilitate the archer and retreat when it got too close to melee infantry. There were, however, more traditional cavalry uses for chariots as well, especially in the Hittite army; this is to say thousands of heavy chariots armed with swords, spears, bows and javelins which were used to charge into the enemy ranks and either trample them to death or cause as much mayhem as physically possible before retreating and organizing another charge. This is the traditional use of 'shock cavalry' or 'heavy cavalry' which a lot of people apparently don't think existed because it 'defies logic' but it is pretty well documented throughout written history and it was undoubtedly used in pre-history as well.
@galvinstanley3235
@galvinstanley3235 Жыл бұрын
Blades were also put on the wheels,so if anyone got too close to the chariot it would cut their legs off.
@interstellarlapisthecccp4946
@interstellarlapisthecccp4946 Жыл бұрын
@@galvinstanley3235 yeah 😅
@chitragatha-anshudeepdhusi5752
@chitragatha-anshudeepdhusi5752 Жыл бұрын
I feel that these two types of chariots coexisted in some cultures. At least in Persia, they did.
@interstellarlapisthecccp4946
@interstellarlapisthecccp4946 Жыл бұрын
@@chitragatha-anshudeepdhusi5752 yeah. Skirmish Chariots and Heavy Chariots is how we define them now, though each civilization would have different names and ways of looking at it. I would assume that many other cultures also had both these types of chariots, but Persians especially had a very diverse range of fighters which employed different weapons and tactics.
@lookintoit4537
@lookintoit4537 2 жыл бұрын
3000 year old Toyotas.
@elisusisgay
@elisusisgay 4 жыл бұрын
cool
@WasBlind_NowISee
@WasBlind_NowISee Жыл бұрын
Had no idea the purpose was all for a single archer. Training sessions: “aim at driver, whole thing comes apart”
@zone8848
@zone8848 3 жыл бұрын
the purpose of that stout female chariot driver, is to use her much stronger gravity field to draw incoming arrows to her, so that the archer can shoot at ease.
@bobofthestorm
@bobofthestorm 3 жыл бұрын
The chariot is the feeble attempt by city people to imitate a fraction of the power of the steppe.
@georgethompson1460
@georgethompson1460 2 жыл бұрын
The Chariot was invented in the step before horses became fully useful for war.
@hardyanpajero69
@hardyanpajero69 4 жыл бұрын
👍😎☕🍩
@Kaskier
@Kaskier 5 ай бұрын
😮
@yakovmatityahu
@yakovmatityahu 3 жыл бұрын
Chariots the symbol of Indo-European people...
@SeansoloUtube
@SeansoloUtube Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤❤THE CELL CELL DEVIL ❤❤❤❤ ❤❤❤❤DAVE G BERRY ❤❤❤❤----> ❤❤ARES STEVE WILSON ❤->
@paranoidandroid6095
@paranoidandroid6095 4 жыл бұрын
Persians: we're so great we need 2 horses and an extra man for an archer Tea bois: lol imma make my bow big pew pew
@DanilDreicopdm
@DanilDreicopdm 4 жыл бұрын
Mongols: Hello there!
@ColinTherac117
@ColinTherac117 4 жыл бұрын
@@DanilDreicopdm Typhoon: General Kenobi...
@SeansoloUtube
@SeansoloUtube Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤❤SIXTY HEARTS SATAN ❤❤❤❤ ❤❤❤❤SIX HUNDRED HEARTS HORUS❤❤❤❤ SIX THOUSAND HEARTS OLEMIC ❤❤❤❤❤❤
@quocviet9904
@quocviet9904 10 ай бұрын
It's not effective , just one horse die u cant use this chariot . In bumbing terrain - uneven terrain u cant use this either , slow ( 40km/h ) in battle , 😂😂
@synth712
@synth712 Жыл бұрын
this didnt explain anything
@hannahs1683
@hannahs1683 3 жыл бұрын
That woman’s shirt is so bad
@Yumriceyum
@Yumriceyum 3 жыл бұрын
THE WoMeN look like she does not want to be there
@macsenerkwlff2399
@macsenerkwlff2399 Ай бұрын
Absolute rubbish. The archer often had the reins wrapped around his middle, preventing any such cross car movement, which, anyway, at the gallop would be highly dangerous. Furthermore, the other crew member would be wielding a shield. This is shoddy research and a very poor presentation of the effectiveness of chariot archery. Plus the nearness to the target made this chariot crew vulnerable to enemy bowshot.
@SeansoloUtube
@SeansoloUtube Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤❤NO CHARIOTS FOR MY ENEMIES ❤❤❤❤------> SATAN
@SeansoloUtube
@SeansoloUtube Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤❤YOU WILL WALK LIKE AN EYGPTIAN OAR AN ISREALIE--->
@zes3813
@zes3813 3 жыл бұрын
wrg
@SeansoloUtube
@SeansoloUtube Жыл бұрын
❤SATAN❤THE DEVIL ❤ARES ❤
@davidpitchford6510
@davidpitchford6510 2 жыл бұрын
All of that fake Tony Robbins meets Smithsonian Channel fake energy and enthusiasm is unfortunate, unnecessary and distracting drama. More appropriate to fake chef dramas.
@SeansoloUtube
@SeansoloUtube Жыл бұрын
666
@hugosophy
@hugosophy 2 жыл бұрын
She was mean looking lol
@speedbag2000
@speedbag2000 2 жыл бұрын
He appeared to be going 5 mph. Try a full gallop 20-40 mph. Also the mangolians didn’t use chariots….they could control the horse with their legs…and use bow arrow …much better method.
@tarunyadav3567
@tarunyadav3567 2 жыл бұрын
this also predates the Mongolians by millennia
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