06-19-2003, 09:28 AM
For nomadic warfare, and every other sort of warfare from the stone age to the present times, I can only recommend John Keegan's "A history of Warfare".<br>
It's all in there.<br>
It seems this type of warfare is based on cattle herding techniques which were themselves greatly improved after people stopped eating horses and began riding them.<br>
"nomadic" or "steppe" warfare itself changed a great deal too. There was very little in common between the bands of warriors gathered around Gengis Khan when he became the ruler of the Mongols and the powerful and very well equipped Mongol armies of later periods, although the tactic was still based on quick maneuvering by large bodies of cavalry, feigned retreats and the like. <p></p><i></i>
It's all in there.<br>
It seems this type of warfare is based on cattle herding techniques which were themselves greatly improved after people stopped eating horses and began riding them.<br>
"nomadic" or "steppe" warfare itself changed a great deal too. There was very little in common between the bands of warriors gathered around Gengis Khan when he became the ruler of the Mongols and the powerful and very well equipped Mongol armies of later periods, although the tactic was still based on quick maneuvering by large bodies of cavalry, feigned retreats and the like. <p></p><i></i>
