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Post by empiral on Feb 10, 2016 3:41:57 GMT 3
In areas where it is extraordinarily cold (such as Siberia), how could the nomads even feed their horses (since it's all tundra + no grass during winter)? Sorry for this stupid question.
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Feb 10, 2016 13:42:49 GMT 3
Horses of the steppes were tough breeds who could break the ice and eat the grass beneath it during winter time.
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Post by snafu on Feb 13, 2016 0:29:20 GMT 3
Like Ihsan said, the horses were good at digging through snow and ice. For the tribes that had contact with sedentary civilizations trade was always an option too. Or plunder.
Usually horses didn't eat well during the winter, and that's why springtime was the worst time to go to war, because the horses were at their scrawniest and weakest. Autumn was the best time because the horses were fat and strong from eating all summer.
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Feb 13, 2016 3:37:22 GMT 3
That is also one reason why some steppe nomads like the Mongols could campaign in winter time. That is how they surprised the Russians, for example.
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Post by snafu on Feb 15, 2016 11:58:56 GMT 3
True!
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