Warriors Of The Steppe: A Military History Of Central Asia, 500 B.c. To 1700 A.d.
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Warriors Of The Steppe: A Military History Of Central Asia, 500 B.c. To 1700 A.d.
Book Details
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- Central Asia
- Condition
- Used
- ISBN-13
- 9781885119438
- ISBN-10
- 1885119437
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ISBN: 1885119437
Author: Hildinger, Erik
Condition: Used
The first book to examine the nomads of Asia from a purely military perspective, from the ancient Scythians to the Manchu conquest of China. Across these two thousand years, the horse archer armies of the steppe-considered here as a unified phenomenon, linked by their reliance on mass cavalry tactics and the composite bow-resembled an unstoppable "force of nature" which sedentary people, except in rare instances, were unable to resist.
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