Horse

Timeline

• 2400 BCE

  First use of war chariots.
• 2000 BCE

  Domesticated horses introduced in Mesopotamia.
• 680 BCE

  THe tethrippon (four-horse chariot race) is added to the schedule of the Olympic Games.
• 408 BCE

  The synoris (two-horse chariot race) was added to the schedule of the Olympic Games.
• 392 BCE

  The horse owner Kyniska becomes the first woman to win a victor's crown at the Olympic Games.
• 356 BCE

  Philip II of Macedon wins the horse race at the Olympic Games.
• 352 BCE

  Philip II of Macedon wins the chariot race at the Olympic Games and retains the crown in 348 BCE.
• 104 BCE - 101 BCE

  The War of the Heavenly Horses, general Li Guangli forces the city of Da Yuan (Alexandria Eschate) into tributary status.