Chariot From Chariot to Tank, the Astounding Rise of the World's First War Machine

Traces the rise and fall of chariot use in civilizations throughout the ancient world, recounting key military confrontations in which the chariot played a significant role in the outcome of battles and directly impacted the fates of nations, in an account that also reveals the chariot's role in sports, as a religious symbol, and as an element in literature and film. Reprint.