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World Service,04 Oct 1995,28 mins

The Age of Cavalry

From Hoplite to Harrier

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The Mongolian Army is arguably the greatest cavalry of warriors the world has ever seen. Conquered land stretched from China to Hungary it was the largest contiguous land empire of its time.

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