Not sure where you received, "The earliest attested use of any type of cavalry by the Chinese was in the late 4th century BC."
Archaeology proves otherwise, and we find horse riding gear back to the Western Zhou. The most conspicuous examples are "stirrup-shaped" bronze bitts and three-hole psalia, circa 850-800BC, just like the ones found at Arzhan 1. You can dismiss my post, but you cannot dismiss the fact that heavy armor came from the East, and the only way you could wear heavy armor was upon a horse. As such, the Seleucids adopted Eastern techniques.
Archaeology proves otherwise, and we find horse riding gear back to the Western Zhou. The most conspicuous examples are "stirrup-shaped" bronze bitts and three-hole psalia, circa 850-800BC, just like the ones found at Arzhan 1. You can dismiss my post, but you cannot dismiss the fact that heavy armor came from the East, and the only way you could wear heavy armor was upon a horse. As such, the Seleucids adopted Eastern techniques.
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
