Showing posts with label Sinj and the Six Hundred. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sinj and the Six Hundred. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Horsemen, Invaders. bup-Bup, bup-Bup, buppity-Bup, Bup-BUP

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.