10 Great Warrior Cultures

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The Aztec Warrior was the backbone of this mighty and advanced civilization. From a young age the Aztec boys learned the art of warfare. It was custom to cut off the umbilical cord of a boy at birth and when dried, bury it on a battlefield -- believing that boy would live the life of a warrior forever. Around the age of 17, he was considered an adult and had to capture his first prisoner. This prisoner would often be given a broken leg so he could more easily be transported back to the village. Young boys began their military service as a Jaguar warrior and were often used as spies. After capturing the required number of prisoners, they were promoted to the status of an Eagle warrior. This meant they would serve as scouts and foot solders. The solders became great long distance runners with good speed. The speed often afforded them the honor of being sent as messengers to the deified Aztec Emperor. Military service was difficult but highly revered in the Aztec society. They wore uniforms embellished with feathers and elaborate paintings of war images. Their weapons were often wooden spears with an obsidian blade or maquahuitl (wooden war clubs). These well-trained warriors also carried slings and flint or obsidian knives. Taking prisoners was considered a priority. Prisoners from other tribes were considered among the highest of trophies and presented to the Aztec rulers for use as slaves or in ritualistic sacrifices. It was customary too for every warrior to make a sacrifice of prisoners to their gods. The noble, brave, and respected warrior added riches, slaves, and territory to the empire. Capturing and sacrificing their prize prisoners was an essential part of the Aztec religion. It was every warrior’s utmost duty.

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The Mongols.

The Mongol Warriors were fierce and well schooled in the art of war. From psychological attitude and organised formations to a variety of weaponry and efficiently produced armour. The Mongols were a force to be reckoned with. Skilled archers and horse riders, the Mongolian warriors went up against better armoured opponents and used their battle wiles and tactics to give them a fight advantage. The Mongols were rightly feared opponents in battle. The Mongol learned a lot of their battle skills from their ancestors, and every Mongol, warrior or not was skilled in the use of the bow and arrow, often with deadly accuracy. The training was hard and consistent for them but was not overly strict or disciplined in its routine. Their armour for the time was not as advanced as some, but their production of steel was good and workshops were used to produce the weaponry and armour that the Mongol used in battle. The Mongol Warrior would fight in an almost regimented fashion with the troops being divided into 10′s, 1-00′s and 1000′s with leaders assigned. Using these formations they were able to use their ranks to separate tasks, from firing the enemy with volleys of arrows to skirmish attacks. From here they could either advance or retreat firing more arrows or move in closer to use their melee weapons to finish their enemies off. The Mongols horses were equipped with stirrups previously invented by the Huns yet relatively unused in other cultures. By having a solid grounding on the feet while riding it allowed the Mongols to twist and contort while firing their bows and arrows giving them a distinct advantage in fast ranged combat. The Various enemies called for different tactics and the Mongols would use their mobility to employ their advance and retreat bow skills to out manoeuvre stronger opponents.

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The Māori

The Māori are the indigenous people of New Zealand. They were well known for eating their conquered foes, because they believed they would gain their 'Mana'. Mana was at the core of the Māori;s beliefs. Mana was believed to be spiritual power and prestige. The Māori would intimidate their enemies by performing a special dance before a fight called the Haka Peruperu. There were two types of war haka - one performed without weapons, usually to express public or private feelings, known as the "haka taparahi", and the war haka with weapons, the "peruperu". The "peruperu" was traditionally performed before going into battle. It was to invoke Tumatauenga, the god of war, and warned the enemy of the fate awaiting him. It involved fierce facial expressions and grimaces, poking out of the tongue, eye bulging, grunts and cries, and the waving of war weapons. The same dance is still performed today by New Zealand's official rugby team, The All Blacks, before every game, to intimidate their opponents.

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Ninjas

The masters of stealth, the silent assassins. They started out as humble farmers, but unsatisfied as to the way they were being treated by the samurai military, they trained rigorously in the shadows to become silent, deadly killers and rose up against the samurai. But, being poor farmers, they couldn't defeat the samurai in open combat because, unlike the samuarai, they had no armour. So they devised ways to be unseen and kill the samurai when they least expected it, in the most underhand and devious ways. They were known for their superior ability to kill and then disappear within seconds. Owning weapons was illegal in Japan, except for the Samurai military, So, Ninjas had to fashion their weapons out of simple farming tools suck as Sickles - which they turned into the deadly Kusarigama: http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110119232025/deadliestfiction/images/c/c3/Kusarigama.jpg They also used a short sword called a Ninjatō, similar to a katana, but shorter. The Ninjatō was lightweight and fast. They also had an arsenal of long range weapons such as the poisonous blowgun, Shurikens/Ninja stars as well as black eggs, which were egg shells painted black and then filled with ground shards of glass. Their purpose was to blind and disorientate the enemy,

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Persian 'Immortals'

The first Persian Empire (550 BC – 330 BC), called the Achaemenid Empire, is known for having an elite force of soldiers. Named the “Immortals” by Herodotus, this army consisted of a heavy infantry of 10,000 men, that never reduced in number or strength. The Immortals played an important role in Persian history, acting as both the Imperial Guard and the standing army during the expansion of the Persian Empire and the Greco-Persian Wars. The Immortals were called such because of the way in which the army was formed. When a member of the 10,000-strong force was killed or wounded, he was immediately replaced by someone else. This allowed for the infantry to remain cohesive and consistent in numbers, no matter what happened. Thus, from an outsider’s perspective, it would appear that each member of the infantry was ‘immortal’, and their replacement may have represented a resurrection of sorts. They were sophisticated, well-equipped, their armor glittering with gold. As described by Herodotus, their armament included wicker shields, short spears, swords or large daggers, bow and arrow. They wore a special headdress, believed to have been a Persian tiara. It is often described as a cloth or felt hat that could be pulled over the face to protect from dirt and dust. It is said that compared to the Greeks, the Immortals were “hardly armored”. Yet what they lacked in armor, they made up through psychological impact, as the sight of the well-formed and highly trained army was enough to strike fear into their enemies.

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The Roman Legion

The foundation of the Roman army, the Roman legion. They were the infantry that helped conquer and create the most powerful empire in the history of the world, the Roman empire. The Roman empire was large and wealthy and the Roman legion, therefore, had the best armour, swords, shields and spears that money could buy. They were masters of the shield and spear combination. But what made the Roman legion ans subsequently the Roman empire so successful was the fact that they were constantly adapting. As soon as they found fighting practises and techniques that were better than their own, they would instantly abandon their own ways in favour of the new techniques. This enabled them to always stay ahead of their enemies and hold the Roman empire for over 500 years. In training they would focus on mastering the thrust of a sword or spear, instead of the slash. The thrust was far more lethal when facing armoured opponents and meant the Roman legion had higher kill rates than their enemies during battle.

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Samurai

A fearless band of warriors, bound by honour and duty. They mastered the sharpest sword that has ever been forged, the deadly Katana. The katana could easily slice a man in half in the right hands. Samurai were highly trained and incredibly disciplined killing machines. they led their lives by the code of the Bushidō, meaning the "way of the warrior". But by far what made the samurai so deadly was that they weren't afraid to give their lives for their masters. They were trained to believe that, before all things, a samurai should constantly keep in the forefront of his mind a simple, inevitable truth that "they had to die". And if they didn't achieve their goals or their master's goals before dying, it was considered cowardly. Because of these beliefs, if a samurai failed in battle they would commit ritual suicide, often voluntarily, but sometimes as a punishment from their masters. This ritual suicide was known as "Seppuku" and involved the samurai stabbing himself in his stomach with a short sword then dragging the blade to the left or right to slice open his abdomen and disembowel himself. It meant only those with the strongest minds would become samurai warriors. This absence of a fear of death made the samurai amongst the most fearless warriors that ever lived.

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The Vikings.

The most feared fighting force in Europe between the 8th and 11th centuries, the Vikings. Barbaric in nature, their attacks were fast and brutal. They effortlessly mowed down everyone who dared get in their They raided and pillaged across almost all of Europe, often grabbing what riches they could before returning to their homeland of Scandinavia. The battle-axe was the weapon of choice for these Nordic brutes, who were often large in size. Making them easily able to overpower their skinny little south-western European counterparts. However the rumours that they had horns on their helmets and they drank out of the skulls of their enemies are complete myths. Even their religion was centred around war and they believed that when a Viking died they would go to Valhalla where they would prepare for an enormous battle called Ragnarök. But they did do some good for Europe, they were exceptionally good at trading with the rest of Europe, so we also have a lot to thank them for.

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Medieval Knights.

A fully clad, battle hardened warrior that was a force to be reckoned with. Knights were the wealthiest and best trained warriors in the entire medieval world. Often fighting on horseback with only the best armour, shields and tempered steel long-swords. Knight train their entire lives, mainly because they were idolised and young boys would often want to become knights from an early age. They were the upholders of peace and fought by a strict code of honour. All knights had to swear by the "Knights code of chivalry" which included lines such as "To protect the weak and defenceless", "To fight for the welfare of all" and "Never to refuse a challenge from an equal". Knights were bound by law to always accept a duel, no matter what they may be doing at the time, such as taking a bath, or other "compromising situations". For this reason they has trusty squires who would always be by their side to have their armour, sword and shield handy.

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Spartan warriors

Arguably, the most skilled fighters to ever grace the ancient world, The Spartans. Spartans underwent brutal training their entire lives. At the tender age of 7 Spartan boys were ripped from their family home and began the "Agoge" - the state sponsored training program. The Agoge was utterly relentless and violent, which prepared them for real-life combat situations. Unlike almost every other warrior in history, Spartans had no professions to distract them from training, they were not smiths, bakers or candlestick makers. They were one thing and one thing only: Elite fighting machines, trained to kill and not to be killed. When a child was born in Sparta the mother would instantly bathe it in wine, to ensure it was strong. if the child was weak, it would die soon after. Later the elders would inspect the baby, if it was found to be deformed in any way it was thrown from the top of a cliff into a chasm. This horrifically brutal treatment produced the greatest legion of close combat fighters the world has ever seen. They specialised in three main weapons: The spear which could kill a man several feet away, with a single thrust. The short-sword and finally the most important part of their arsenal, the round Spartan shield, which was used just as much offensively as it was defensively. A Spartan was covered in bronze from head to toe, they were like tanks - Stabby tanks. The Spartans are best known for their heroic performance at the Battle Of Thermopylae in 480 BC. When Just 300 Spartans, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, fought off 150,000 Persian soldiers for three days straight. The Spartans eventually lost the fight, but their display of courage, resilience and amazing fighting ability against an enemy that so greatly outnumbered them, has never been matched in all of history. That was 500 Persians for each Spartan. The Spartans had a powerful saying that their wives would tell them before leaving for battle, "Come back with your shield, or on top of it". Which meant, don't come back unless you are victorious or dead.

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Ninjas

The masters of stealth, the silent assassins. They started out as humble farmers, but unsatisfied as to the way they were being treated by the samurai military, they trained rigorously in the shadows to become silent, deadly killers and rose up against the samurai. But, being poor farmers, they couldn't defeat the samurai in open combat because, unlike the samuarai, they had no armour. So they devised ways to be unseen and kill the samurai when they least expected it, in the most underhand and devious ways. They were known for their superior ability to kill and then disappear within seconds. Owning weapons was illegal in Japan, except for the Samurai military, So, Ninjas had to fashion their weapons out of simple farming tools suck as Sickles - which they turned into the deadly Kusarigama: http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110119232025/deadliestfiction/images/c/c3/Kusarigama.jpg They also used a short sword called a Ninjatō, similar to a katana, but shorter. The Ninjatō was lightweight and fast. They also had an arsenal of long range weapons such as the poisonous blowgun, Shurikens/Ninja stars as well as black eggs, which were egg shells painted black and then filled with ground shards of glass. Their purpose was to blind and disorientate the enemy,

 

 

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