The street was understood not as a marketplace for transportation demands but as a public service, subject to official regulation (however imperfect) in the name of the public interest. In the 1920s, motordom proposed that street uses be treated like demands in a free market, then fought for this new model. The contest was fierce. It was a struggle

chariots proved to be a transformational technology on the battlefield. The pioneers of fast, lightweight military chariots were the Hittites, who used them to conquer most of Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) by 1700 B.C.E. This prompted neighboring peoples to adopt war chariots, including the Egyptians, who began using wheels for the first time. Capab