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chmod600 on Sept 6, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: The tyranny of the wagon equation

I read that Ghengis Khan did much better by making good use of grazing lands and timing the seasons.

brazzy on Sept 6, 2022 [–]

Yes - but that meant his entire army had to be cavalry, and could basically only operate on steppe-like land.

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