Had the forces of social complexity simply reached a stage that it had turned these agricultural communities against each other? But carbon dating of remaining bones and teeth indicate that, beginning around 4200 BCE, horses started living much longer. Whether they still took their place in a phalanx remains open to debate, since no depictions of Sargon’s army in action exist. Was it any wonder that in battle after battle they turned and ran? Against a steppe-based force or against a phalanx like Xenophon’s, this type of army didn’t stand a chance.