First data related to the use of the vehicle by humankind appeared on a clay tablet found in the IVa phase of Uruk resident towards the end of the 4th millennium BC (3200-3100 BC) in South Mesopotamia. In the beginning of the 3rd Millennium BC, we can tell that wheeled vehicle chariots emerged on two objects; the “Standard of Ur” and “Stele of Vulture” from the early 3rd Millennium BC the cars taking place in the battlefield were also used for military purposes. With its active role in the war, cars became one of the main weapons-making states successful in terms of political, expanding, and defending the territory. Assyrian chariots constituted the main important part of the army. The oldest known Assyrian chariot depiction takes place on a seal in cylindrical form the Ninurta-Tukulti-Aššur period (1133 BC) dating to the Assurnasirpal I period (1050-1032 BC) and on a fragment of a wall painting from the Tukulti-Ninurta II period (888-884 BC). The earliest systematic studies on Assyrian chariots have been made on the palace reliefs of Assurnasirpal II. (883-859 BC). Between the reign of the Assurnasirpal II (883-859 BC) and Assurbanipal (668-631 BC), chariots had been developed into a more suitable form for fulfilling the needs.
Keywords: Neo Assur, Army, two wheeled, Chariot
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