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Post by harryzhe on May 30, 2008 7:54:06 GMT 3
When i was very very young i read a story about Genghis Khan defying the wall of china. And figured he was a badass. When i was in year 8, my cousin and I were playing age of empires, The first time i played the sequel I saw it had mongols and i was like "MONGOLS!" and he didn't see what my great attraction was. Now we're both interested in steppe history.
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Post by harryzhe on May 7, 2008 1:05:31 GMT 3
What does the name Argippae mean? From which language is it? I'm taking a stab in the dark here, but I would guess by its greek sound that Argippae is either a term given to these people by greeks to distinguish them from other Saka, or, what the Greeks thought their native name sounded like - A Hellenisation. For example A fairly basic response but I thought I'd take a shot at addressing it seeing as nobody else seems ot have yet.
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Post by harryzhe on May 5, 2008 6:08:40 GMT 3
Well i dont know just how much of a problem it would be. The skirmishing tactics of horse archers were quite directed, i think they would be able to see a clear dead ground between their group and the enemy they are peppering with arrows. Also, the more effective and organised armied like those at Carrhae would take turns firing and then falling back while others released their arrows (creating a constant stream) so that says to me that each group of archers would be quite tuned-in to what their comrades are doing. Furthermore, To my knowledge, the cavalry would only charge when the enemy formation was broken by the repeated arrow harassment. So i think they would have a fair idea of what each element of their force were doing. My point is of course, while this could be a problem in battles with predominantly melee combat, like hellenic or roman warfare, or battles with lots of scattered men hiding about the place, as in modern warfare or the civil war, I don't think it would have posed as much of an issue with the formation-based missile combat of the old days. The very idea of the horse archer is to avoid "the fray," and simply harass the enemy until he gives up and goes home, or is weakened enough to break with a single charge. I'd say that standard bearers would have been used for good measure (if i remember correctly parthian standards were carried in the centre of the formations)
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Maps?
May 5, 2008 4:03:22 GMT 3
Post by harryzhe on May 5, 2008 4:03:22 GMT 3
would anyone here like to help me compile a clear map of settlements/regions of central asia from the <0ad period?
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