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Old Jan 18th 2009, 5:48 am
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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.)
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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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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"

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Originally Posted by shiva
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 geagraphic location and time period.

locally upto the 40's warriors were famed for madcapped horse or camel charges with swords drawn.

for image ideas, google, saracen, saladin, moors and crusades
cheers, both of you.
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Originally Posted by Spugsy
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.)
Give me an approximate century and which region of the middle east and I'll tell you what you should be looking for.

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Originally Posted by shiva
note: whatever you do, do not use images of crusaders unless they are obviously highlighted as "the bad guys"
Yup that's true...even though the Arabs had been invading and stealing European lands some 300 years before the first crusade

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

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and before that a macedonian kicked arse all over the middle east
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and before that a macedonian kicked arse all over the middle east
In between building Libraries. and Lighthouses........

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In between building Libraries.........
and molesting Hephaestion, oh and one of the greatest crimes in history the burning of persopolis
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and molesting Hephaestion, oh and one of the greatest crimes in history the burning of persopolis

I'll never look in awe at that lighthouse in the same way again.............
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Give me an approximate century and which region of the middle east and I'll tell you what you should be looking for.

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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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Originally Posted by Spugsy
anything mate, just years ago, we want armies - like gladiator, or troy, or something like that - shield designs and swords.
go watch "kingdom of heaven" will give you an idea.

this sort of stuff?






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

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






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oh and one of the greatest crimes in history the burning of persopolis
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.
 
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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.

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