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Generally, operations of war require one thousand fast four-horse chariots, one-thousand four-horse wagons covered in leather.
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Roy, K. (2022). Chariot War in the Bronze Age: 3000-800 BCE. In: A Global History of Warfare and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3478-0_3
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