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Kuba Medricsky
7th August 2006, 01:10 PM
Hii!

I need help 'cause it's really difficult to find any informations about weapons, clothes and tactics of medieval Mongolians. Especially in Czech Republic :) . I'm trying to make an group of historical fencing/ living history situated to Mongolia. I need as much informations as possible. So if you know anything about it, please let me know (links, tips for publications, anything). Thanks.

ariel
7th August 2006, 10:45 PM
Get a book by Michael Prawdin "The Mongol empire".
He was Russian historian (rather popular one), and emigrated to Germany after the Communist Revolution. The book was originally published in Germany, in 1938: the Nazis were big on Chingiz Khan and modeled their tank warfare on his example. It was translated into English in 1940 ( the Brits wanted to learn, too). The Israelis translated it into Hebrew for their General Staff training. Full of info, details etc.
You can find it on alibris.com or bookfinder.com
Reads like Tom Clancy!

ausjulius
10th August 2006, 09:08 PM
hi , there is severla books on this top publihed im the mongolian language, aswell as in russian, and i think one or two translated into english (otherwise good luck reading mongolian :P )
if i remember correctly there is one book on this topic i english text of mongol origin. that ive seen on the net.....
also for arms and such there is some national cultural organisations in mongolia dedicated to historical resurch , some have websites, with a portion of english, and there is some reconstruction of antique weaponry, and such as you can see from the nadam festival parades... ,

bakradze
20th August 2006, 09:20 PM
I am looking for Georgian (Caucasus) weapons. will be thankfull for any information, mostly about artifacts in private collections. thanks.