Persian warriors, a detail from the frieze in Darius' palace in Susa. Pergamon Museum / Vorderasiatisches Museum, Germany. Image credit: Mohammed Shamma / CC BY 2.0.
1 posted on
06/21/2014 7:05:18 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
2 posted on
06/21/2014 7:10:19 PM PDT by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: SunkenCiv
Mystery...
The Butler usually did it. Or Colonel Mustard in the Den with a lamp.
4 posted on
06/21/2014 7:11:08 PM PDT by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: SunkenCiv
Hmmm. Re-curved bows long before the long bow.
9 posted on
06/21/2014 7:31:41 PM PDT by
Does so
("Miranda Warnings" and loss of "Common-Law Marriage" = 2 Big Mistakes...)
To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Sandstorm? If Obama were there he would have blamed a youtube video.
13 posted on
06/21/2014 7:39:14 PM PDT by
Bullish
(You ever notice that liberalism really just amounts to anti-morality?)
To: SunkenCiv
18 posted on
06/21/2014 7:48:55 PM PDT by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: SunkenCiv
Just remember Desert One in the Iranian desert and it is clear what a sandstorm can do even to modern armies.
19 posted on
06/21/2014 7:56:14 PM PDT by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: SunkenCiv
after which he let himself be crowned Pharaoh in the capital, Memphis.” I think I've heard "King," but not "Pharoah."
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25 posted on
06/21/2014 8:49:50 PM PDT by
V K Lee
To: SunkenCiv
However, experience has long shown that you cannot die from a sandstorm,” he said.True, the sand isn't going to kill you.
However, an extended sandstorm will do a dandy job of immobilizing and disorienting you while you die from exposure and thirst. Also really, really hard on draft animals other than camels. Persians were big on cavalry.
32 posted on
06/22/2014 7:19:50 AM PDT by
Sherman Logan
(Perception wins all the battles. Reality wins all the wars.)
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