In Reply to: Sergei Bodrov's, "Mongol," the first part of a trilogy about posted by tinear on August 5, 2009 at 07:44:23:
This one covered his amazing military exploits with minimal manpower. Some historian claimed to have figured it out. The types of bows and arrows used along with quiver location allowed them to fire an arrow off every second or two. This, combined with training on how to shoot accurately from a galloping horse, made the warriors virtually immune to enemy fire and deadly. The guy practiced and was able to do it. He could gallop a horse and fire every second or two and accurately hit his targets.
We'll have to agree to disagree about global warming until the next global cooling scare comes along
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- Saw a documentary on Genghis Khan - Brian A 10:29:48 08/05/09 (0)