War Chariots in Early China

Purpose of this thesis is to question the real fighting effeciency of war chariots in ancient China on basis of written sources, archeological findings and foreign literature. Thesis also describes topic of war chariots in ancient China. Main source of a thesis is Zuǒ Zhuǎn 左轉 chronicles. Thesis consists of five chapters in which author introduces topic of war chariots in China. In last chapter author presents his arguments why he believes war chariot was an effective weapon and he proposes a way how war chariot could have been tactitaly used on battlefields in the times of ancient Zhōu 周 dynasty. Main purpose of his thesis author sees in assisting with his opinion in the ongoing discussion on the usnolved topic of effectivity of chinese war chariot. Different scholars who took interest in this topic and released related works are Anthony J. Barbiery-Low (2000), Edward L. Shaughnessy (1988), Magdalene von Dewall (1964), Herlee G. Creel (1970) and others. Key Words war, chariots, China, antiquity, effectivit