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during the early muslim expansion, most of the arab cavalry seems to have been light cavalry, yet continually bested their heavily armored roman and sassanid counterparts in close combat. how were they able to do this with the gap in armor quality?

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What caused the mounted elites of Western Europe in the Middle Ages to use couch able 1 handed lances instead of the 2 handed knotos used by Roman cataphracts?

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The Norman knights are usually referred to as heavy cavalry, but are often shown with unarmored horses. We’re their horses armored?

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How did the Norman aristocracy transition from fighting mainly on foot to becoming mounted knights in barely a century? Was their resistance to the change?

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during the early muslim expansion, most of the arab cavalry seems to have been light cavalry, yet continually bested their heavily armored roman and sassanid counterparts in close combat. how were they able to do this with the gap in armor quality?	1	AskHistorians
What caused the mounted elites of Western Europe in the Middle Ages to use couch able 1 handed lances instead of the 2 handed knotos used by Roman cataphracts?	1	AskHistorians
The Norman knights are usually referred to as heavy cavalry, but are often shown with unarmored horses. We’re their horses armored?	1	AskHistorians
How did the Norman aristocracy transition from fighting mainly on foot to becoming mounted knights in barely a century? Was their resistance to the change?	1	AskHistorians