Warriors Of The Steppe: A Military History Of Central Asia, 500 B.c. To 1700 A.d.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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Warriors of the Steppe: A Military History of Central Asia, 500 B.C. to 1700 ... Erik Hildinger No preview available - 1997 |
Warriors Of The Steppe: Military History Of Central Asia, 500 Bc To 1700 Ad Erik Hildinger No preview available - 2001 |
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