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>then... I'm not sure, could we make do with chariots and chariot archers? Would civilisation develop as normal, but more slowly in rough terrain?
by lainga 8y ago
>then...
I'm not sure, could we make do with chariots and chariot archers? Would civilisation develop as normal, but more slowly in rough terrain?
- trhway 8y ago2000 years ago the Europe was swampy and nothing heavy worked outside of Roman roads. Climate change during the 1st millennium with Europe warming up and drying up a bit allowed for many things including heavy cavalry (which had existed in dry Asia for example long before https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataphract https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataphract )