"The Stirrup: Genghis Khan’s Deadliest Weapon" Topic
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Tango01 | 18 Aug 2018 10:11 p.m. PST |
"Though most of us have never given such an unremarkable, humdrum object a second thought, the humble stirrup, used by horse riders for much of recorded history, has had an immense influence on the evolution of global geopolitics as we know them. It may seem strange to refer to a simple loop of leather or steel dangling from a rider's saddle as a piece of "technology," but it was exactly that, and in the early days of its usage it was quite revolutionary…." Main page link Amicalement Armand |
Swampster | 19 Aug 2018 1:29 a.m. PST |
Stirrups were common knowledge centuries before Genghis Khan, even in Europe. As for 'using retreat as an offensive maneuver', that was one of the standard tactics of the light cavalry for a couple of thousand years. |
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