Technologies affecting early civilizations:

Horses

AP World HistoryKelvin Lu4th Period

Domestication of horses

Horses were tamed around 4,500 – 2,500 BC

The Eurasian Steppe

Transportation and Wars

Horses were a big part of long-distance communication and goods

Often used to create chariots which were the main sources of military power (first by Hyksos)

Examples of Chariots

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XncuO7tCd_0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONLreFbmUtw&feature=related

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