So the one sour point in all of this is that this will be the last FL for several weeks, given the holidays.
Well, it's typically just called a "thumb draw," because the Mongolians weren't the only ones to use it--some groups in the Americas, with no prior contact with Genghis' horde, also used it, for example.
Also, I can think of at least one other that's probably more widely known: the Parthian shot. (I still think that if the devs wanted Iranian horse raiders, they should have gone with Parthia/Arsacids rather than Scythia.)
Well, the thumb draw is endemic to central Asia so it's not a stretch to think it was brought to the Americas from Asia. The most convenient answer is that tomorrow will be the Mongols of course, mostly because of a cat of all things.Well, it's typically just called a "thumb draw," because the Mongolians weren't the only ones to use it--some groups in the Americas, with no prior contact with Genghis' horde, also used it, for example.
It is a stretch because the bow wasn't invented yet when the Native Americans arrived in North America--it was independently invented in the Americas (quite late in some regions, like the PNW, where even into historic times spears and clubs were still preferred over bows).
When you think about it, it is really cool and interesting that many civilisations developed very similar technology, even when those civilisations are oceans apart.
As I understand, the mainstream theory is - bows came to America through Alaska and thus they are of asian origins. Although we don't have info about the actual draw used.
Who would have brought them, though? Because archaeological evidence suggests the Paleoindians didn't have bows when they first arrived, which means that it would have had to be either the Na-Dene or the Eskimo-Aleuts. The problem with that theory, though, is that there were certainly bows in the New World before the Eskimo-Aleuts or the Na-Dene arrived. Occam's razor is certainly in favor of the independent invention of the bow by Paleoindians in the New World, who later introduced the invention to the Na-Dene. (The Eskimo-Aleuts probably did indeed bring the bow with them from Siberia.)
Are you sure that's from earth? Not Arrakis?I once said something about Mongolian Death Worms earlier.
Here is one:
Alongside Alex and NukyNuky he's a veteran thoughSo the money is on the Mongols? I was expecting a Civ/Leader not from East Asia, but oh well....
Genghis Khan will join the ranks of returning Civ5 leaders (Alexander, Gandhi, Pedro II, and Montezuma I).
