It was found that there is a widespread military use of the horse in Egypt that began during the reign of Thutmose III (1450 BC – 1504 BC), one of the kings of the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, and during his reign the kingdom of Mitanni, an ancient kingdom located in the east of the country between the two rivers, appeared (Tigris and Euphrates), and that kingdom represented a threat to the East, and it was very advanced in the field of horse breeding, and as a result of the wars with the Mitanni, the Egyptian cavalrymen were affected by them, and then they followed their example in the field of horse breeding. The Mitanni was the first to establish horse races and took care of racehorses, and they were pioneers in the breeding and management of all stages of horse training.
It was found that there is a widespread military use of the horse in Egypt that began during the reign of Thutmose III (1450 BC – 1504 BC), one of the kings of the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, and during his reign the kingdom of Mitanni, an ancient kingdom located in the east of the country between the two rivers, appeared (Tigris and Euphrates), and that kingdom represented a threat to the East, and it was very advanced in the field of horse breeding, and as a result of the wars with the Mitanni, the Egyptian cavalrymen were affected by them, and then they followed their example in the field of horse breeding. The Mitanni was the first to establish horse races and took care of racehorses, and they were pioneers in the breeding and management of all stages of horse training.
Thutmose III was called “Napoleon of Ancient Egypt”, as he penetrated north to the Euphrates River in Iraq, and was the first to work to strengthen his kingdom in the Syrian and Palestinian regions, and clashed with the Metanites, and was able to eliminate them and expand the Egyptian Empire beyond the Euphrates River, and the horses and chariots were among the most important The spoils, as large numbers of horses were obtained and brought to southern Egypt with captives who knew very well how to take care of horses, among them: the scholars of the Hittite language in which many texts were written about horses.
