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Two cavalries charging into each other: Suicidal and counter-intuitive?

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How does a medieval battle look like in the first ranks: When the two shieldwalls clash against each other?

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Medieval infantry usually deployed in ranks of #(?) men? (Formation depth)

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What usually happened to the European rural populations whose farmlands were burned by their own people as a part of the 'Scorched Earth' tactic against Mongol Invasions? Were they provided with some compensation by the ruler or were they left to their fate?

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Two cavalries charging into each other: Suicidal and counter-intuitive?	245
How does a medieval battle look like in the first ranks: When the two shieldwalls clash against each other?	12
Medieval infantry usually deployed in ranks of #(?) men? (Formation depth)	6
What usually happened to the European rural populations whose farmlands were burned by their own people as a part of the 'Scorched Earth' tactic against Mongol Invasions? Were they provided with some compensation by the ruler or were they left to their fate?	4