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5,000 Years Ago in Northeastern Asia

The Takhi horse, called Przewalski's horse in Europe.

Although ox carts were used in Sumeria and India, the horse-drawn chariot was probably invented in the Ural steppe region. While stone carvings show ox carts were used for war, they must have been very slow compared to the horse drawn chariots used by the people of the northern steppe. The use of the horse chariot was a revolution in military technology.

The horse was likely first domesticated and used for riding in central Asia. The early horse of the central steppes, similar to Przewalski's horse, was too small to be used for riding, and was used for meat and milk like cattle. The use of selective breeding led to larger horses that could be ridden, a revolutionary development at least as important to the steppe nomads, as the wheel was to the Sumerians, as it gave them unparalleled overland mobility.

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