Bronze and Iron AgesWar & Conflict Spoke-wheeled chariot c. 2,000 BCETurning point Fast horse-drawn chariots, first seen at Sintashta in the steppe, transform warfare across Eurasia. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Apes split from monkeys → Human line splits from chimpanzees → Walking upright → First stone tools → Genus Homo appears → Homo erectus → Control of fire → First fired clay figures → First pottery → Potter's wheel → The wheel → Spoke-wheeled chariot Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesDocumentbritannica.comChariot (Britannica) ↗Editor's pickBookDavid W. AnthonyThe Horse, the Wheel, and Language ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeSintashta chariot origins ↗Editor's pick