Landsknecht were German hired infantry of the Renaissance. The term was first introduced into use around 1470 by Peter van Hagenbach, the chronicler of...
18th and 19th Centuries
Grenadier units were already perceived as elite at that time, and received various privileges. For example, in many armies, the privilege...
Grenadiers - selected infantry units and / or cavalry, originally intended for the assault of enemy fortifications, mainly in siege operations.
Grenadiers were armed with...
Stratiots were mercenaries from the Balkan Peninsula, hired mainly by states of southern and central Europe from the XV to the Middle. XVIII century.
Stratioti...
Origins
According to one version in the 10th century, light cavalry was mentioned in the Byzantine military manuals, which was called chosariori or chonsariori. In...
Warriors of primitive tribes first fought in an unorganized crowd, each fighting alone. With the advent of states, professional armies and organized military formations...
The first invasion
The first officially organized invasion of North Africa by the Caliphate began in 647. After leaving Medina, 20,000 Arabs joined in Memphis...
The first invasion
It began with the conquest of the Middle East. Byzantium lost the Levant, and the Sassanid state lost Mesopotamia.
The confrontation with Byzantium...
