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Who were the first people to fight on horseback? Horses were domesticated on the Eurasian steppe thousands of years ago and were first used for their milk, meat, and hides.

And at some point, people began riding them. But when were they first used in warfare? Where was mounted combat first practiced and who were the first people to perfect it?

In this video we're looking at the late Neolithic Yamnaya and Corded Ware cultures, the Bronze Age Sintashta and Andronovo cultures, and the Iron Age Assyrians, Scythians, Saka, and Cimmerians.

This is the story of the first horse warriors.

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Video Chapters

00:00 New Horse Domestication Studies
03:56 Mounted Yamnaya Raiders
05:00 Sintashta Horse Breed
06:50 Video Sponsorship
07:51 The Sintashta Culture
11:00 Sumerian Battle Wagons
12:15 Bronze Age Chariot Warfare
17:40 Iron Age Horse Riding
23:58 Assyrian Cavalry
27:09 The Rise of the Skythians
29:53 Women Warriors