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