Dark Side History: The Middle Eastern Armor Myth Debunked!

Описание: The myth that the Middle Eastern soldiers & warriors of old tended to be unarmored or lightly armored is a common misconception that this video aims to debunk by explaining in short the complex history of Middle Eastern armor and the likely background for these myths.

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Alexander, David G., 2015,Islamic Arms and Armor in The Metropolitan Museum of Artwith contributions by Stuart W. Pyhrr, and Will Kwiatkowski

Bivar, A. D. H. (1972), "Cavalry Equipment and Tactics on the Euphrates Frontier", Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 26: 271–291,

Campbell, Brian & Tritle, Lawrence A. (red.) (2013). The Oxford handbook of warfare in the classical world. New York: Oxford University Press

Grotowski, Piotr L. (2010). Arms and armour of the warrior saints: tradition and innovation in Byzantine iconography (843-1261). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill

Healy, Mark (1991). The Ancient Assyrians. London: Osprey

Islamiske våben i dansk privateje = Islamic arms and armour from private Danish collections. (1982). København: Forl. Zac

Laufer, Berthold (1914). Notes on Turquois in the East. Archived

Malandra, W.W. “A Glossary of Terms for Weapon and Armor in Old Iranian,” Indo-Iranian Journal 15/4, 1973, pp. 264-89.

Medieval total war 2 by the Creative Assembly

Mount & Blade Warband by Taleworlds & Paradox

Nell, Grant S. (1995). The Savaran: The Original Knights. University of Oklahoma Press.

Nicolle, David (1976). Early medieval Islamic arms and armour. Cáceres: Instituto de estudios sobre armas antiguas

Nicolle, David (1995). The Janissaries. London: Osprey Publishing. Osprey Elite 58 "The Janissaries" plate D figure

Said, Edward W. (1978). Orientalism. 1. ed. New York: Pantheon Books

Price, Brian R. & Williams, Alan (2000). Techniques of medieval armour reproduction: the 14th century. Boulder, Colo.: Paladin Press

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