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The only nearby nation who specialized in the manufacture of chariots and the breeding of
horses was the Egyptians. When Joseph was Governor in Egypt, the horse and war chariot were
in use; and when the Israelites fled from the country, Pharaoh pursued them to the Red Sea in
chariots. Even Homer and Diodorus who visited Egypt, testify that they saw a great multitude of
war chariots and numerous stables along the banks of the Nile, from Memphis to Thebes.

And since the Judgment Drama in the Egyptian Book of the Dead reveals the entire philosophy
contained in the allegory, Plato cannot be credited as its author.

The following sketch of the military history of the Greeks shows that the chariot was not used by
them, nor was it their culture pattern:

A. External wars or wars with the Persians.

(a) The Ionian revolt against Persian rule, 499–494 B.C. This climaxed in a naval engagement at
Lade, where the Ionian fleet was defeated.

(b) The battle of Marathon, 490 B.C.
During the summer of 490 B.C., the Greeks met the Persians at the bay of Marathon, and after a
brief fight with bows and arrows, both belligerents withdrew to prepare for more decisive
engagements.

(c) The battle of Thermopylae, 480 B.C.
Ten years after Marathon, the Persians and Greeks met again to settle their grievances. The
Persians anchored in the Gulf of Pagasae, while the Greeks anchored off Cape Artimesium. A
battle followed and Thermopylae was captured by the Persians.

(d) The battle of Salamis, 479 B.C.
Both Persians and Greeks met again at Salamis in 479 B.C., and a naval engagement followed,
with considerable loss of ships on both sides. Both belligerents withdrew without any decision.

(e) The confederacy of Delos and their wars with the Persians, 478–448 B.C.
The purpose of the confederacy was defense against Persian aggression, and two naval battles
were fought: one at the river Eurymedon in 467 B.C., when the Greeks gained a minor victory,
and the other at Cyprus in 449 B.C., when the island was captured by the Persians.

N.B.

Chariots were not used in any of these engagements.

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