They introduced new technologies and cultural practices, including advanced weaponry like the horse-drawn chariot and composite bows, as well as new forms of art and architecture.
Surya (Hinduism), the Sun God, is depicted riding a chariot drawn by seven horses, representing the seven days of the week or the seven colors of the rainbow.
Surya’s chariot (Hindu): Pulled by seven horses, symbolizing the sun's complete journey across the sky.
This curiosity was sparked by reading "Chariots of the Gods" by Erich von Däniken when I was twelve.
26 Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses, which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. 27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills. 28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue—the royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price. 29 They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty.[g] They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.
Ophanim means "wheels," from the Hebrew ofan, "wheel." They are the wheels seen in Ezekiel's vision of the divine chariot, the merkabah.
The Chayot Ha-Kodesh, the "Holy Living Creatures," are the beings that carry the divine chariot in Ezekiel's vision.
Surya (Hinduism), riding a chariot drawn by seven horses
However, there was a tradition where every emperor had an empty chariot drawn by white horses, symbolizing the presence of Ahura Mazda during battles.