Social Studies – Ancient China (SG = Study Guide) Question Answer What Chinese inventions allowed soldiers to fight on horseback? Two Chinese inventions that allowed Chinese soldiers to ride on horseback were the saddle and the stirrup. What was invented Read more…
The stirrup was invented in China in the first few centuries AD and spread westward through the nomadic peoples of Central Eurasia. The use of paired stirrups is credited to the Chinese Jin Dynasty and came to Europe during the Read more…
The invention of the horse harness allowed farmers to cultivate more land more quickly. The strength and speed of these animals made farming more efficient. Horses could pull plows through the fields and carts to transport crops. What two inventions Read more…
Tell students that powerful horses were among the goods for which Chinese merchants often traded silk; they were in high demand because the land in China did not support the breeding of the large, strong horses needed for warfare. Why Read more…
March 29, 1974. On March 29, 1974, the terra-cotta warriors were discovered in Xian, China. When and who first discovered the terracotta warriors? The Terracotta Army was discovered on 29 March 1974 when farmer Yang Zhifa uncovered fragments of pottery Read more…
Menelaus’ brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, led an expedition of Achaean troops to Troy and besieged the city for ten years because of Paris’ insult. After the deaths of many heroes, including the Achaeans Achilles and Ajax, and the Trojans Read more…
Sinon. A Greek spy, Sinon, convinced the Trojans the horse was a gift despite the warnings of Laocoon and Cassandra. Helen and Deiphobus even investigated the horse. The Trojans celebrated the raising of the siege hugely, and when the Greeks Read more…
the city of Troy. The story of the Trojan Horse is well-known. First mentioned in the Odyssey, it describes how Greek soldiers were able to take the city of Troy after a fruitless ten-year siege by hiding in a giant Read more…
Sinon then said that if the wooden horse were harmed in any way, the goddess would destroy Troy for its impiety, but if it were brought within the city’s walls, Troy would conquer Greece. What was the purpose of the Read more…
But in the Aeneid by Virgil, after a fruitless 10-year siege, the Greeks constructed a huge wooden horse at the behest of Odysseus, and hid a select force of men inside, including Odysseus himself. The Greeks pretended to sail away, Read more…