Animal Pulling The Chariot

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Based on each image showing the art, agriculture, and sculptures in each civilization they are similar and different. I notice that in each picture showing art there is an animal pulling a chariot with a human on each chariot. Similarities between each picture is that there are animal pulling chariots, there is a human controlling each one, and they look like they are heading in a certain direction and is not doing it for fun or a race. A difference between the Rome, Greece, and Han China pictures shown is in Rome and Han China there is horses pulling the chariot but in Greece it is mythological creatures pulling the chariot. Another difference I spot is that in Greece it is a woman directing the animals and in Rome and Han CHin they are bothe

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