The First Horse Warriors | Bronze Age Warfare

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The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/dandavisauthor11211 Who were the first people to fight on horseback? Horses were domesticated on the Eurasian steppe thousands of years ago and were first used for their milk, meat, and hides. And at some point, people began riding them. But when were they first used in warfare? Where was mounted combat first practiced and who were the first people to perfect it? In this video we're looking at the late Neolithic Yamnaya and Corded Ware cultures, the Bronze Age Sintashta and Andronovo cultures, and the Iron Age Assyrians, Scythians, Saka, and Cimmerians. This is the story of the first horse warriors. *If you enjoy my videos please consider supporting the channel* Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/dandavisauthor PayPal ➜ https://paypal.me/DanDavisAuthor *My Books* Godborn: Gods of Bronze 1 ➜ https://amzn.to/3nm2au1 All my books on Amazon ➜ https://amzn.to/3xngwz5 *My Links* Website http://dandavisauthor.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dandavisauthor/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanDavisWrites Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dandavisauthor/ *Video Sources* Early Riders: The Beginnings of Mounted Warfare in Asia and Europe - Robert Drews ➜ https://amzn.to/36in9pS The Horse, the Wheel, and Language - David Anthony ➜ https://amzn.to/3aD3Rhu The Scythians - Barry Cunliffe ➜ https://amzn.to/3wxnrp8 Dairying enabled Early Bronze Age Yamnaya steppe expansions ➜ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03798-4 The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes ➜ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04018-9 The above links include affiliate links which means we will earn a small commission from your purchases at no additional cost to you which is a way to support the channel. *Video Chapters* 00:00 New Horse Domestication Studies 03:56 Mounted Yamnaya Raiders 05:00 Sintashta Horse Breed 06:50 Video Sponsorship 07:51 The Sintashta Culture 11:00 Sumerian Battle Wagons 12:15 Bronze Age Chariot Warfare 17:40 Iron Age Horse Riding 23:58 Assyrian Cavalry 27:09 The Rise of the Skythians 29:53 Women Warriors