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2003-11-09
oh yea.
so good...
:|
test 2morrow. study group thing today.
shit
someone take my place!!
Aryan & Mauryan India; shang, zhou & warring states china
Indus Valley (harappan) civilization, citadels, vedic age (1500-1000 bc), light chariot, epic age (1000-500 bc). Four-fold army (chariots, elephants, cavalry, infantry), Porus, Battle of the Hydaspes (325 bc), Chandragupta; shang china, use of chariots, zu or tsu (clan) army, battle fo mu-yeh (ca. 1100 bc), zhou dynasty, "tiger warriors" (huben), warring states, sunzi art of war, qin shi huang-di.
late republican roman miltary
Scipio Aemilianus, conquest of the Mediterranean, "defensive imperialism," provincial system, indirect control, Jugurthine War, Gaius Marius, cohort, recruitment of proletarians, furca (pack), Social War, Spartacus revolt, Civil Wars, Julius Caesar, Gallic Wars, commentaries, siege warfar: obsidio (blockade), circumvallation, oppugnatio (assault), siege ramp, siege ram, siege works: vinea, plutei, testudines, mobile towers, torsion artillery.
Roman Imperial military
Augustan Reform, professional army, pay, retirement pension, citizen soldiers: legions, auxilliaries, cohors, alae, navy, praetorian guard, function of army: border defense, police, customs duty, problem of central reserve, vexillatio, wars of conquest, rebellions, civil wars, empire as military dictatorship. sources: josephus, jewish wars, Tacitus, Annals, Histories, Ammianus Macellinus, Vegitius, De Rei Militaris, papyri, inscritions, Vindolanda tablets. late roman army, reforms of Diocletian and Constantine, limitanei, comitatenses, military bureaucracy, magister militum (master of soldiers, magister peditum/magister equitum (master of infantry/cavalry), comes, dux, taxation in kind (annona), adrianople (379), federates.
rise of steppe and desert warfare
Indo Europeans: chariot, bow and domesticated horse, spread of Aryans, Hittites, spread of chariot to China, beginnings of cavalry: assyrians 9th century, Cimmerians (gomer), Scytians (saka, skutu), Mogolian pony, Medes, Persians, Parthians, Pahlavis, Saka, possibly the Yueh-Chih, Iranian horse breeding, Camel (dromedary) domesticatd ca. 1000 BC. , Firsst evidence on miltary use of camel also in 7th century bc., hsiang-nu/ Huns, develop in 5th century bc. Turks and Mongols Avars in west. Turks in China, Magyars, Pastoralism. guards and bandits for long-distance trade. mercenaries. commanders (an lushan), "mamelukes", life on horseback, use of composite bow, decimal organization, sophisticated command, the "horde" (ordo), federation of tribes.
dark ages and byzantine warfare
"fall of the roman empire", 476: Odacer Germanic Kingdons: ostrogoths in Italy (Theodric), Visigoths/Spain, Vandals/north africa, Franks/Gual, Burgundians. use of Roman Titles: consul, magister, militum, comes, dux, scara (mounted following), knights (milites), militia (fyrd), rise of Franks: Merovingians (Clovis), Carolingians: Pepin II, Poitiers (732), Charlegmange, Easter roman Empire, Constantinople, use of proxies, Germans in West, ethiopians (Axumites) against Persian Federates: Christian Arab Ghassanids, Justinians reconquest, Belisarius and Narses, Lombards, Berbers, major wars against Sassanid Persians, Heraclius reorganizes Byzantine army, themes, Battle of Yarmuk River (637), Greek Fire (Callinicus of Baalbek, 673), 9th century: new Imperial Guard (tagmata).
early islamic warfare
pre-islamic, ghassanids,lakmids, al-mundhir, Muhammed, Caliphs, Amr al-Mumin (commander of the faithful), Umar (634-644), Battle of Yarmuk River (637), Battle of Nahavand (637), Civil War Ali vs. Mu'awiya, Battle of the Camel, Ummayad Caliphate, muhajiroun, regional armies, diwan (military register), iron stirrups (680), heavy cavalry, mawali (client armies), Tariq conquesr Spain, Battle of Poitiers (732), Battle of Taras river (755), Abbasid revolt, break up of Caliphate, Turkish mamelukes (slave soldiers), Turkish sultans take power (861)
know by monday evening and:
how did the introduction of monotheistic religions (islam, christianity) affect the warfare?
in what ways did steppe warfare affect the conduct of war in urbanized regions of Eurasia?
how do our sources for war inthe period of roman empire and afterwards affect our view of military history?
so good...
:|
test 2morrow. study group thing today.
shit
someone take my place!!
Aryan & Mauryan India; shang, zhou & warring states china
Indus Valley (harappan) civilization, citadels, vedic age (1500-1000 bc), light chariot, epic age (1000-500 bc). Four-fold army (chariots, elephants, cavalry, infantry), Porus, Battle of the Hydaspes (325 bc), Chandragupta; shang china, use of chariots, zu or tsu (clan) army, battle fo mu-yeh (ca. 1100 bc), zhou dynasty, "tiger warriors" (huben), warring states, sunzi art of war, qin shi huang-di.
late republican roman miltary
Scipio Aemilianus, conquest of the Mediterranean, "defensive imperialism," provincial system, indirect control, Jugurthine War, Gaius Marius, cohort, recruitment of proletarians, furca (pack), Social War, Spartacus revolt, Civil Wars, Julius Caesar, Gallic Wars, commentaries, siege warfar: obsidio (blockade), circumvallation, oppugnatio (assault), siege ramp, siege ram, siege works: vinea, plutei, testudines, mobile towers, torsion artillery.
Roman Imperial military
Augustan Reform, professional army, pay, retirement pension, citizen soldiers: legions, auxilliaries, cohors, alae, navy, praetorian guard, function of army: border defense, police, customs duty, problem of central reserve, vexillatio, wars of conquest, rebellions, civil wars, empire as military dictatorship. sources: josephus, jewish wars, Tacitus, Annals, Histories, Ammianus Macellinus, Vegitius, De Rei Militaris, papyri, inscritions, Vindolanda tablets. late roman army, reforms of Diocletian and Constantine, limitanei, comitatenses, military bureaucracy, magister militum (master of soldiers, magister peditum/magister equitum (master of infantry/cavalry), comes, dux, taxation in kind (annona), adrianople (379), federates.
rise of steppe and desert warfare
Indo Europeans: chariot, bow and domesticated horse, spread of Aryans, Hittites, spread of chariot to China, beginnings of cavalry: assyrians 9th century, Cimmerians (gomer), Scytians (saka, skutu), Mogolian pony, Medes, Persians, Parthians, Pahlavis, Saka, possibly the Yueh-Chih, Iranian horse breeding, Camel (dromedary) domesticatd ca. 1000 BC. , Firsst evidence on miltary use of camel also in 7th century bc., hsiang-nu/ Huns, develop in 5th century bc. Turks and Mongols Avars in west. Turks in China, Magyars, Pastoralism. guards and bandits for long-distance trade. mercenaries. commanders (an lushan), "mamelukes", life on horseback, use of composite bow, decimal organization, sophisticated command, the "horde" (ordo), federation of tribes.
dark ages and byzantine warfare
"fall of the roman empire", 476: Odacer Germanic Kingdons: ostrogoths in Italy (Theodric), Visigoths/Spain, Vandals/north africa, Franks/Gual, Burgundians. use of Roman Titles: consul, magister, militum, comes, dux, scara (mounted following), knights (milites), militia (fyrd), rise of Franks: Merovingians (Clovis), Carolingians: Pepin II, Poitiers (732), Charlegmange, Easter roman Empire, Constantinople, use of proxies, Germans in West, ethiopians (Axumites) against Persian Federates: Christian Arab Ghassanids, Justinians reconquest, Belisarius and Narses, Lombards, Berbers, major wars against Sassanid Persians, Heraclius reorganizes Byzantine army, themes, Battle of Yarmuk River (637), Greek Fire (Callinicus of Baalbek, 673), 9th century: new Imperial Guard (tagmata).
early islamic warfare
pre-islamic, ghassanids,lakmids, al-mundhir, Muhammed, Caliphs, Amr al-Mumin (commander of the faithful), Umar (634-644), Battle of Yarmuk River (637), Battle of Nahavand (637), Civil War Ali vs. Mu'awiya, Battle of the Camel, Ummayad Caliphate, muhajiroun, regional armies, diwan (military register), iron stirrups (680), heavy cavalry, mawali (client armies), Tariq conquesr Spain, Battle of Poitiers (732), Battle of Taras river (755), Abbasid revolt, break up of Caliphate, Turkish mamelukes (slave soldiers), Turkish sultans take power (861)
know by monday evening and:
how did the introduction of monotheistic religions (islam, christianity) affect the warfare?
in what ways did steppe warfare affect the conduct of war in urbanized regions of Eurasia?
how do our sources for war inthe period of roman empire and afterwards affect our view of military history?
again.
ok
new yahoo group
well not really new
just an old one that i've decided to update
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fetishdrama/
not really drama either though.
it's just a bunch of us out n drunk for the most part
under the categories : fetishes> intoxication
who woulda known?!
ok
new yahoo group
well not really new
just an old one that i've decided to update
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fetishdrama/
not really drama either though.
it's just a bunch of us out n drunk for the most part
under the categories : fetishes> intoxication
who woulda known?!
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