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Ancient Warfare: 8 of the Greatest Warrior Cultures of Ancient Times Akkadian Empire, Sea Peoples, Bronze Age Civilization, Ancient Babylon, Ancient Sumerian, Warriors Illustration, Great Warriors, Ancient Near East, Ancient Warfare

10,000 years ago, a group of rival hunter-gatherers fought on the shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya’s Rift Valley. The event was the first known warlike encounter in human history. Since then, humanity has found increasingly innovative ways to solve disputes over territory and resources settle grudges or satisfy a…

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Battle Of Carrhae, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Parthian Empire, Forgotten History, Roman Soldier, Enemy Of The State, Military Records, Roman Republic, Tactical Training

de·ba·cle /dāˈbäk(ə)l,dəˈbäk(ə)l/ noun a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco. In most battles and wars, there are winners and losers. Sometimes the outcome is clear cut. Other times it is a near run thing, with Pyrrhic victors and losers who went down hard and honorably. And then there are those…

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Image by Andrew J. Brozyna, ajbdesign.com Battle Standard, George R R Martin, Ancient Warfare, Five Hundred, Make Believe, Good Notes, Figure It Out, The Age, Cool Words

In case you haven’t figured it out, I’m an egghead. I've gotten to the age where I’d rather read Xenophon than George R. R. Martin, because to me history is more gripping than the best of make-believe. I'm not into fiction anymore because it can't be even half as strange as real life. For good reason -- if it was no one would believe it.

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