Middle Eastern warriors of old
 

I need to find out what sort of warriors or armies there used to be in the middle east for an ad I'm doing,

can anyone help me out? we're talking hundreds of years ago when they fought with swords and shields, who was about? Mongols? erm, Arab dudes - what?

Cheers everyone.....(and yes I have done a google search but I'm not quite sure what I'm looking for, ta.)

Re: Middle Eastern warriors of old
 

Not sure there was much in the UAE itself, but look up Crusades and Ottoman Empire. What about the famous Saladin?


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Re: Middle Eastern warriors of old
 

for the middle east the most well known is Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn and the saracens. images of saladin and saracen soldiers are the cliched images of "middle eastern" warriors, however there were many more dependant on geographic location and time period.

locally and throughout the arab world , warriors were famed for madcapped horse or camel charges with swords drawn.

for image ideas, google, saracen, saladin, moors and crusades


note: whatever you do, do not use images of crusaders unless they are obviously highlighted as "the bad guys"

Re: Middle Eastern warriors of old
 

cheers, both of you.

Re: Middle Eastern warriors of old
 

Give me an approximate century and which region of the middle east and I'll tell you what you should be looking for.

N.

Re: Middle Eastern warriors of old
 

Yup that's true...even though the Arabs had been invading and stealing European lands some 300 years before the first crusade :mad:

N.

Re: Middle Eastern warriors of old
 

and before that a macedonian kicked arse all over the middle east

Re: Middle Eastern warriors of old
 

In between building Libraries. and Lighthouses........

Re: Middle Eastern warriors of old
 

and molesting Hephaestion, oh and one of the greatest crimes in history the burning of persopolis

Re: Middle Eastern warriors of old
 

I'll never look in awe at that lighthouse in the same way again.............

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anything mate, just years ago, we want armies - like gladiator, or troy, or something like that - shield designs and swords.

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whats that?

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go watch "kingdom of heaven" will give you an idea.

this sort of stuff?
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/news/bbkmag/images/turks.gif

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/DKI...38/5107322.JPG

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/DKI...38/5107049.JPG

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/DKI...ral/index.html

designs depend entirely on where, when, culture, army etc etc

http://www.alshindagah.com/marapr2006/islamic.jpg

http://www.alshindagah.com/marapr2006/islamic1.jpg

http://www.alshindagah.com/marapr2006/islamic2.jpg

Re: Middle Eastern warriors of old
 

Accidental, apparently....

Bit of a **** up that one!

PS - persepolis is still majestic in real life. Well worth a couple of days of anyone's time. And only about 45 mins flying from here.

Re: Middle Eastern warriors of old
 

perhaps accidental, perhaps not. persopolis is on my to do list pretty near the top