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Warriors of the Steppe: A Military History of Central Asia, 500 B.C. to 1700 A.D. Frederik L. Schodt Anita Zaleski Weinraub is theThe nomadic peoples of central Asia Huns, Bulgars, Magyars, Mongols are still known to us for their legendary fighters Attila, Genghis Khan, and Timur Lenk (Tamerlane), as well as for their feats of calculated brutality. (Timur Lenk would leave piles of severed heads in his conquered cities; another tribe sent nine sacks of ears to their khan.) Less studied is the remarkable effectiveness of their battle techniques: For two thousand years, these horse