I was sure you were full of it but supposedly I do have one. Can't tell if I'm actually related to that branch or if it's just the crest of the city with the same name though.

This happens all. the. time. It's been a very common thing with movies based on real live events. Real life doesn't have to follow storytelling rules and the stories are often seen as bullshit by viewers because no one bothers to check.

Well we see when horses did come around the culture that first domesticated them basically took over most of the damn world. Like a proto-mongol empire, the yavanna people swept over much of Asia and all of Europe and took over the leadership roles in the civilizations they conquered. That's why Indo European languages and customs are so absurdly wide spread

I think that may have more to do with how horses are used as domesticated animals. They're like dogs in that they need to understand commands and like dogs the survival of their human depends on the animal so the animals were likely bred to be social and able to take ques. Also a huge thing with horses is getting them to be less excitable and willing to do whatever the human tells them to do. Horses do NOT naturally ride into battle, but they can with the right training and condition.

Basically they're not like farm animals who exist to mostly do simple work or for food. Horses needed to understand complex commands so they were bred to be able to read humans extremely well. Way more so than say a cow or sheep.

Lol AI instantly eats the rich

There's a lot of hints that he was also inspired by the local Buddhist "missionaries" (not really but kinda cultural ones) that had been sent by King Asoka a bit over as hundred years before he lived. They were cultural ambassadors in a way.

Blame the Normans