• mhague@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Even armies with early guns had trouble with them. It’s impressive that anyone managed to fend that off with swords and bows.

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      Very true. Which is why adjacent powers used a combination of war, diplomacy, intermarriage, and setting nomadic tribes against each other.