3 ms·
The horn-reinforced bow was known and used for millenia, even by the ancient Egyptians. The specific innovation was the stirrup. As for encirclement, the Mongo
by iwwr 16y ago
The horn-reinforced bow was known and used for millenia, even by the ancient Egyptians. The specific innovation was the stirrup.
As for encirclement, the Mongols were decisively defeated in what is now Israel by that very tactic (stopping their advance into Syria and Egypt). Almost any general would prefer not to fight under encirclement.
- dspeyer 16y agoStirrups first appeared in India around 500BCE. They were widespread by 500CE. The mongols were 1200CE. You may be thinking of the Huns. Incidentally, it is remarkable that it took 1000 years for the stirrup to spread across eurasia. I have no good explanation for this.