The Abbasid Caliphate: Yes, I’m a nonhorseback civilization. It’s better this way.
::: spoiler
The Abbasid Caliphate, and the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphate before them came to regional dominance in part because of their strong horseback cavalries. The Mongols curb stomped them anyway.
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It’s not like there’s going to be a civilization later on that came from the steppes and curb stomp other nonhorseback civilizations right‽
The Abbasid Caliphate: Yes, I’m a nonhorseback civilization. It’s better this way.
::: spoiler The Abbasid Caliphate, and the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphate before them came to regional dominance in part because of their strong horseback cavalries. The Mongols curb stomped them anyway. :::