The horse bit and bridle kicked off ancient empires – a new giant dataset tracks the societal factors that drove military technology Posted byPeter Turchin October 21, 2021 Leave a comment on The horse bit and bridle kicked off ancient empires – a new giant dataset tracks the societal factors that drove military technology Did ancient technological advancements drive social innovation, or vice versa? Studying cause and effect in the ancient world may seem like a fool’s errand, but researchers built a database to…