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This is bullshit, someone please nerf Parthia (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It’s not like there’s going to be a civilization later on that came from the steppes and curb stomp other nonhorseback civilizations right‽

[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago

The Abbasid Caliphate: Yes, I'm a nonhorseback civilization. It's better this way.

::: spoiler The Abbasid Caliphate, and the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphate before them came to regional dominance in part because of their strong horseback cavalries. The Mongols curb stomped them anyway. :::