Friday, February 25, 2011
Fact of the Day
The purpose of the Great Wall of China, the monumental fortification separating China from Mongolia, was not especially to keep out the Huns from the north. The Huns could easily find places along the stretch that they could scale with ladders. But they couldn't get their horses across. Without their horses, they weren't very effective warriors.
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that is something I never thought about!
ReplyDeleteOOOOOOOH
ReplyDeleteAll those years of thinking the wrong thing, thanks for the post.
Yep, learned about this in history class! It's incredible how important the horses were to their attempted conquests.
ReplyDeleteNever thought of it that way. Back then horses were your tanks.
ReplyDeletemakes sense lol. good info
ReplyDeletegreat fact that i have heard but always nice to think about such things.
ReplyDeleteI always wondered why they didn't just climb over. It seemed like such an elementary solution. But now I know, and knowing is half the battle!
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