Why no coverage on Ancient Warriors?
Well many people have mentioned the Zulu here, and there’s good reason for that! Traditionally tribal peoples have focused on low risk, raiding & vendeta (often motivated by accusations of witchcraft etc) based strategies where battle is extemely rare and tends to be missile based & indecisive; wars are won over generations as one side is worn down and robbed of their assets. This is as true of African societies as it is of Native Americans & the peoples of Oceana. The Zulu were exceptional in choosing a high-risk, immediate effect strategy of enveloping & destroying their opponents fighting ability through close combat. This required greater organisation & planning than was traditional, as warriors had specific roles to play on the battlefield. Facing such an opponent must have been psycologically overwhelming for an enemy expecting a desolutory exchange of arrows followed by an organic breaking of contact! The point I am getting to is that this strength is very relative; the Zulu and
