Why did chariots go out of style? The terrain and geography of

idrk but it looks like a waste of horses
I mean how many pairs do you need to move 50 kms. a day on average?

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>>2755316
Depends, it went out of style in Numerous parts of the world and in different times.

In the Mediterranean, horses got bigg enough to be rode on and chariots became pointless since it initially was an instrument to use tiny ass horses as beats of burden for a warmachine. With mounted cavalry, they became redudnant.

Also what >>2755349. 2 horses for a singular soldier (well, driver not included).

That said, Chariots became obsolete in Central Asia/Mediterranean/middle east pretty early, followed by Continental Europe, then India.

The last place they became extinct was China, largely because the Chinks found shitloads of uses for them. True, mounted cavalry also ended the dominance of Chariotry in China, but the Chinese have so many horses and built such big chariots (can carry 4 cunts) that they still were important as personnel carriers: ferrying chariotborne infantry to flanking positions (have 50 chariots, with 3 infantrymen each, that means 150 cunts). In addition, the combination of Chariot and Crossbow was deadly, especially during the Han-Xiongnu war where they were used to great effect. It was already the late 100s AD when Chariots disappeared in the Chinese battlefield.

>>2755316
Chariots were only used because horses were not strong enough to carry a armed and armored rider into battle.

After they were able to breed strong enough horses chariots were obsolete.

Cavalry -> consumes less horses, faster, more mobile, more flexible tactics.

>>2755316
Because chariots ate only good in flat plains, Cavalry can work in hills

>>2755316
Really simply, you can attribute it to two reasons:

1) Horses got bigger, so you could ride them.
2) Stirrups and other equipment were developed so you could ride even better.

>>2755316
Cavalry came into style