To: CondorFlight
“Are there no stirrups? I guess those hadn’t been introduced yet?”
No, stirrups were invented by the Step Peoples or the Persians.
17 posted on
03/17/2020 1:46:17 AM PDT by
Fai Mao
(this should not be considered an invitation, or desire to see this nocurr)
To: Fai Mao; CondorFlight
Stirrups were introduced to western Europe in the timeframe of the post-Western Roman Empire and the Attila & Hun invasions of the 400s. The difference of the ability between a warrior with stirrups is an amazing factor. A fun alt-hist 3 novel series on this can be found on Amazon, “Cato’s Calvary” by Marc Jones.
20 posted on
03/17/2020 4:08:48 AM PDT by
SES1066
(Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
To: Fai Mao
21 posted on
03/17/2020 4:18:42 AM PDT by
Tucker39
("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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