Fwd: Re: Required reading for Knysh

> > ****GK: There is plenty of evidence to suggest
> > territorial expansion from the Serednyj Stih
> > heartland. Assisted by warrior horsemen. Sometimes
> > peaceful,sometimes not. Those who claim that horses
> > could not be used for military purposes prior to
> > chariot times(which began ca.3000 BCE)should prove
> > this.They haven't so far.****

One shouldn't forget that the main advantage in war a horse bestows on
its owner is logistical: you can get there and back fast, and there's
nothing they can do about it. Warfare-on-horseback is secondary to that.


Torsten