Editing Chariot (section)

===Egypt===
{{Main|Chariotry in ancient Egypt}}
[[File:Ramsés II en Qadesh, relieve de Abu Simbel.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Ramses II]] fighting from a chariot at the [[Battle of Kadesh]] with two archers, one with the reins tied around the waist to free both hands (relief from [[Abu Simbel]], 13th century BC)]]

Chariot use made its way into [[History of Egypt|Egypt]] around 1650 BC during the [[Hyksos]] invasion of Egypt and establishment of the [[Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt|Fourteenth Dynasty]].<ref name=":1" /> In 1659 BC the Indo-European [[Hittites]] sacked [[Babylon]], which demonstrated the superiority of chariots in antiquity.<ref name=":1" />

The chariot and horse were used extensively in [[Egypt]] by the [[Hyksos]] invaders from the 16th century BC onwards, though discoveries announced in 2013 potentially place the earliest chariot use as early as Egypt's [[Old Kingdom of Egypt|Old Kingdom]] ({{circa|2686}}–2181 BC).<ref>{{cite web |first=Nevine |last=El-Aref |title=Old Kingdom leather fragments reveal how ancient Egyptians built their chariots |work=English Ahra |date=22 April 2013 |url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/69897/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Old%20Kingdom-leather-fragments-reveal-how-ancient-E.aspx }}</ref> In the remains of [[Art of ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] and [[Assyria]]n art, there are numerous representations of chariots, which display rich ornamentation. The chariots of the Egyptians and Assyrians, with whom the bow was the principal arm of attack, were richly mounted with quivers full of arrows. The Egyptians invented the yoke saddle for their chariot horses in {{circa|1500 BC}}. As a general rule, the Egyptians used chariots as mobile archery platforms; chariots always had two men, with the driver steering the chariot with his reins while the main archer aimed his bow and arrow at any targets within range. The best preserved examples of Egyptian chariots are the four specimens from the tomb of [[Tutankhamun]]. Chariots can be pulled by two or more horses.