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Sintashta culture pioneers the spoked-wheel chariot on the Eurasian steppe

By / January 10, 0001 / Good News For Humankind

Chariots first appear in the archaeological record around 2000 BCE, when people of the Sintashta culture buried two-wheeled vehicles alongside horses and bronze weapons on the steppes of what is now Russia and Kazakhstan. Their breakthrough was the spoked wheel, light enough for a horse to pull at speed. Within centuries, the design had spread across the ancient world.