Quote Originally Posted by Martin Greywolf View Post
This isn't because of their cost, it's because cavalry could do everything the chariots could, plus some more, and weren't as limited by the terrain. A good modern analogue is airplanes and helicopters against zeppelins.
The advantage of chariots was that one guy could focus on driving it while other or two mere focused on fighting... learning how to shoot a bow while riding a horse with a primitive saddle and not stirrups took some time to achieve...