Talk:Assyrian Soldier/@comment-108.20.253.170-20150123072055/@comment-108.20.248.34-20150124065152

"1. Interesting depiction of Assyrian cavalry riding alone on a horse and on a "Saddle", but is this representitive of the entire span of Assyrian history, or the period that the relief was made? (I can show you pictures of modern American Cavalrymen riding in tanks or airplanes, doesn't mean that they always rode in planes and Tanks, just as Assyrians didn't always ride on "Saddles" (Of course, United States Cavarlyme used to ride on horses, and in a short period of history, and on very rare occasions, camels (See "The Last Camel Charge" by Forrest Bryant Johnson")

Answer: only the period that the relief was made."

I will concede that initially horseriding was a measure necessitated by operations over rough terran where chariots could not go. Assyrian forces merely improvised keeping the structure of a chariot team intact while ditching the chariot. However, the advantages of horsemanship made themselves apparent very quickly. What I took issue with was the fact that the original author made no attempt at all to discuss further technological advances beyond the "bastard chariot."

But two can play this game. When did Spartan/Greek warriors look like this?

http://www.salimbeti.com/micenei/images/bodyshield01.jpg

The period when the fresco was made, duh.