Warfare & Diplomacy in Pre-colonial West AfricaUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1989 - 164 pages This new edition of the well-known innovative study of the relations of the peoples of West Africa in the precolonial period covers a period of some four or five hundred years, up to the last decades of the nineteenth century.& Smith takes account of outside influences but focuses primarily on what happened between African states before the partition of the area and the establishment of colonies. |
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... Spears , lances , javelins There are grounds for concluding that the spear in its various forms was the major weapon of both cavalry and infantry in West Africa . Where the sword was used for close fighting , the spear served to engage ...
... Spears , lances , javelins There are grounds for concluding that the spear in its various forms was the major weapon of both cavalry and infantry in West Africa . Where the sword was used for close fighting , the spear served to engage ...
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... spear arms.2 20 The fundamental distinction in spears is not by weight : it is between those intended for thrusting - ' lances ' when carried by cavalry , ' spears ' when used as an infantry weapon - and those intended for throwing or ...
... spear arms.2 20 The fundamental distinction in spears is not by weight : it is between those intended for thrusting - ' lances ' when carried by cavalry , ' spears ' when used as an infantry weapon - and those intended for throwing or ...
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... spears , which here at least are being thrown rather than being used as lances . Other Arabs are firing their poorly constructed French flintlocks , on which they relied overmuch but which terrified the Fulani , from a kneeling position ...
... spears , which here at least are being thrown rather than being used as lances . Other Arabs are firing their poorly constructed French flintlocks , on which they relied overmuch but which terrified the Fulani , from a kneeling position ...
Table des matières
their Causes Consequences | 28 |
Armies Canoe Fleets | 42 |
Arms Armour | 64 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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