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Assyria and Egypt were beating the hell of out each other then. The Scythians invented the saddle (without stirrups) in 700 BC. Can I move to Greece, add stirrups to the saddles and take over Babylon, Egypt and Assyria?
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That would be amazing if adding "syrups" to a saddle helped you in your quest for domination. If you added pancakes, maybe.
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I wonder how long the saddle was around before stirrups were invented. It seems like it should be a fast transition, but I don't know how inventing worked back then.
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Actually a lot of civilizations didn't make that logical leap for a long time. So I can please do it?
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You might have no choice. All of the other cavalrymen would be making fun of you for your puny thighs.
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On another note, I'm 6'4" and 220. I wonder how people would view me back then. I bet I'm a frigging giant compared to them. |
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I'm curious. I've read that size depended a lot on food security and food competition, and that some of the old humans were pretty close to our size, at least in height. Maybe not 6-4, but close to the modern average. These early civilizations may fall into the shorter side, though, since they were agriculture-based.
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Upon further research the stirrup wasn't invented until around 100 AD in China. I can't believe it took humankind almost a millennium to make that seemingly short logical leap.
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That's kind of insane. That's a long time to be falling off your horse.
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