Re: [tied] Fwd: Re: Required reading for Knysh

--- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>
> > > 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

****GK: Excellent point. I should have remembered that
from all my cowboy movies (:=))). You can get a bunch
of "infantrymen" in position where it counts, and all
you need are good guards for your horses.****

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