I was just thinking...

**eadingas** · 06-14-2006, 09:09

I don't think they could breed dogs for mounting, but I bet they would damn good pulling animals. Chariots with dogs - that could work :)

**sithlord85** · 06-15-2006, 05:51

Originally Posted by eadingas

I don't think they could breed dogs for mounting, but I bet they would damn good pulling animals. Chariots with dogs - that could work :)

You mean like pre-colombian dog sleds?

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**eadingas** · 06-15-2006, 10:41

Are they any different from post-colombian dog sleds? ;)

**tk-421** · 06-15-2006, 22:38

**eadingas** · 06-15-2006, 22:50

**the_handsome_viking** · 06-23-2006, 07:28

They would ride dinosaurs.

**Kralizec** · 06-24-2006, 17:58

If horses were never domesticated, the world would have been nothing alike the one we know now. The Indo-European invasions would have never happened without their use of their superweapon, the chariot.

I can't really imagine dogs pulling chariots, and wouldn't be nearly as fast as horses anyway. If horses didn't exist, the camel or dromedary maybe would eventually be domesticated for this purpose.

Slightly off topic: did the Indians (Mauryan empire and earlier) use horses? I know they used chariots and elephants but I never heard or read about Indian cavalry. Why not? They had neighbours that employed cavalry...

**Angadil** · 06-24-2006, 18:46

Originally Posted by Kralizec

Slightly off topic: did the Indians (Mauryan empire and earlier) use horses? I know they used chariots and elephants but I never heard or read about Indian cavalry. Why not? They had neighbours that employed cavalry...

They certainly used cavalry and reasonably substantial amounts of it. Old Indian military manuals always speak of the four parts of an army: elephants, infantry, chariots and cavalry. Porus at the Hydaspes/Jhelum had 4.000 cavalry and they put up a tough fight. There was also a 1.000 strong contingent of Indian cavalry among the very diverse Persian army a Gaugamela, etc...

**tk-421** · 06-24-2006, 20:25

Will there be Indian chariots and cavalry in EB?

**Kralizec** · 06-24-2006, 20:55

It doesn't seem likely to an underinformed person like me that non-Indian factions would mantain their tradition of chariotry.
Cavalry seems a lot more likely, since we already have Indian Longbowmen (wich is an awesome unit btw)

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**Jolt** · 07-01-2006, 04:42

Originally Posted by Dayve

What if horses never existed?

Tanks. You can never beat em.

There were ancient tanks (Armored Chariots) but they were obviously pulled by horses. Also, Buffalo's were a many times a steed for Indochina rulers in Ancient Times.

**Dayve** · 07-01-2006, 10:06

I wouldn't exactly call armoured chariots the ancient tank... They were too unreliable. One bump and the wheels came off. The easiest way to defend against them is do deploy on uneven ground... Tanks of today can move through basically any terrain there is.

I see the ancient tank more as the cataphract.