By Dint:
Sinj, Croatia: The Six Hundred Horsemen
Sinj and the Six Hundred. They rode out and defeated the Ottomans at that battle.
Hussars, Winged Cavalry, old Poland, Hungary, other Eastern Europe
A/k/a Husaria, Husarz. Peak 17th-18th Centuries. Hussars saved Vienna from the Ottomans. The frames on the shoulders and backs were lined with feathers that made a hmmmmwhrrr sound as they rode. The sound preceded the sight.
Khazars, Hazars, Huns (Attila), Magyars, Ottoman - Tracking migrations, conquests, cultures
Follow these horsemen over the plains.
Genghis Khan, on Planning, Timing, and Follow-Up
Mongols. See also Liddell Hart: the most effective approach may be the indirect.
Index to Topics at Gristmill sites by Dint: Marker 2013, selected archive re politics, religion, culture. Ongoing: Hub for travel sites: see Europe Road Ways; hub for conflict, exploitation, violence and cultural-individual responses, defenses: See Studying War. Index to sites: see Gristmill Sites by Dint;. Busy Dint.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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