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Warriors Of The Steppe: A Military History Of Central Asia, 500 B.c. To 1700 A.d.
Warriors Of The Steppe A Military History Of Central Asia 500 Bc To 1700 Ad Author:Erik Hildinger 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 unstoppabl... more »e "force of nature" which sedentary people, except in rare instances, were unable to resist.« less