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The Shang Kings and their armies were the first warriors to ride horses into battle, so they invented saddles and stirrups to make it easier. True or false?

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The Shang Kings were the first warriors to ride horses into battle and they invented saddles and stirrups to make it easier.

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True. The Shang Kings and their armies were indeed the first warriors to ride horses into battle. They invented saddles and stirrups to make it easier. The Shang used chariots for warfare under King Wu Ding and relied on outside equestrian experts to bring and rear domesticated horses. Horseback riding came a couple of centuries later in Shang culture.

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