Yeni Asur Döneminde Relieflerde Betimlenen Savaş Arabalarinin Gelişimi
The Development of Chariot Described in Reliefs in the New Assyrian Period

Summary/Abstract: The cars carrying load and troops to battlefields at first had turned into battle machines in time, which disrupted the enemy army. The archaeological studies revealed that the ancestors of chariots were slid and covered. Once the wheel was invented by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia, these sledges must have been displaced by wheeled vehicles. The fact that the wheels and the other elements that made up the vehicle were made of solid wood, and that these vehicles had no shaft system made them slow and weakened their maneuverability. In the new Assyrian period it is possible to observe that the chariots and harnesses of the horses of the vehicles in reliefs and archaeological materials have changed and developed over time. Especially increase in the dimensions of the loads and vehicles reflected firstly the number of spokes, the wheel circle and its size.

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