Timeline: Horse

• 2400 BCE
  First use of war chariots in Mesopotamia.
• 2000 BCE
  Domesticated horses introduced in Mesopotamia.
• 680 BCE
  The tethrippon (four-horse chariot race) is added to the schedule of the Olympic Games.
• 408 BCE
  The synoris (two-horse chariot race) was added to the schedule of the Olympic Games.
• c. 400 BCE
  The Roman cavalry is expanded to include riders who can pay for their own horse.
• 392 BCE
  The horse owner Kyniska becomes the first woman to win a victor's crown at the Olympic Games.
• 356 BCE
  Philip II of Macedon wins the horse race at the Olympic Games.
• 352 BCE
  Philip II of Macedon wins the chariot race at the Olympic Games and retains the crown in 348 BCE.
• 104 BCE - 101 BCE
  The War of the Heavenly Horses, general Li Guangli forces the city of Da Yuan (Alexandria Eschate) into tributary status.