Chariot Racing
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How Did Chariots Innovate The Creation Of Modern Vehicles?
Chariots
What do you imagine when you think of the word chariots? Do you think of a two wheeled cart pulled by a horse or something else? Chariots the car of the ancient world, chariots were important in many civilizations history like in Greece, Rome, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. Chariots were said to be invented by the Mesopotamians (a region in the middle east during 3000 B.C.E.). Chariots were invented by 3000-2500 B.C.E. The cart had no seats and no back are so the riser had a big chance of falling of if they were not careful. The chariot quickly spread throughout Eurasia. Chariots were important in many ways like for example military defense, entertainment, business, …show more content…
In Greece chariot racing was a very popular sport and usually hundreds of people would gather around to watch the races. Even though chariot racing was a very dangerous sport and caused many deaths lots of competitors wanted to join. The race track for the game is called a circus which is a latin word that meant ring. Chariot racers can be bet on to see if they would win or not. Chariot racing was a great way to make money back then. Chariot racing was popular in the Ancient Olympic Games and the Panhellenic Games the sport was the main event and each chariot was pulled by four horses. Chariot racing was usually different in different civilizations. For example Rome, in Rome chariot racing was usually in teams. Like a relay race, the teams would race around the tracks and the winning team would win golden laurels. A famous enough hippodrome was the Circus Maximus in Ancient Rome . A hippodrome is a oval shaped race track where races were held but they were also called a circus. Even though chariots lost their purpose after 549 C.E. when the last official chariot race was held at the Circus Maximus, chariots were the car of the ancient world and had help civilizations get around for
How Did Chariots Innovate The Creation Of Modern Vehicles?
Chariots
What do you imagine when you think of the word chariots? Do you think of a two wheeled cart pulled by a horse or something else? Chariots the car of the ancient world, chariots were important in many civilizations history like in Greece, Rome, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. Chariots were said to be invented by the Mesopotamians (a region in the middle east during 3000 B.C.E.). Chariots were invented by 3000-2500 B.C.E. The cart had no seats and no back are so the riser had a big chance of falling of if they were not careful. The chariot quickly spread throughout Eurasia. Chariots were important in many ways like for example military defense, entertainment, business, …show more content…
In Greece chariot racing was a very popular sport and usually hundreds of people would gather around to watch the races. Even though chariot racing was a very dangerous sport and caused many deaths lots of competitors wanted to join. The race track for the game is called a circus which is a latin word that meant ring. Chariot racers can be bet on to see if they would win or not. Chariot racing was a great way to make money back then. Chariot racing was popular in the Ancient Olympic Games and the Panhellenic Games the sport was the main event and each chariot was pulled by four horses. Chariot racing was usually different in different civilizations. For example Rome, in Rome chariot racing was usually in teams. Like a relay race, the teams would race around the tracks and the winning team would win golden laurels. A famous enough hippodrome was the Circus Maximus in Ancient Rome . A hippodrome is a oval shaped race track where races were held but they were also called a circus. Even though chariots lost their purpose after 549 C.E. when the last official chariot race was held at the Circus Maximus, chariots were the car of the ancient world and had help civilizations get around for