A cataphract was a form of armoured heavy cavalry that originated in Persia and was fielded in ancient warfare throughout Eurasia and Northern Africa. Historically, the cataphract was a very heavily armoured horseman, with both the rider and mount almost completely covered in scale or lamellar armour over chain mail , and typically wielding a ...

Gökturk petroglyphs from modern Mongolia (6th to 8th century). [1] The Göktürks, Türks, Celestial Turks or Blue Turks (Old Turkic: 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣, romanized: Türük Bodun; Chinese: 突厥; pinyin: Tūjué; Wade–Giles: T'u-chüeh) were a Turkic people in medieval Inner Asia.

Jul 17, 2023 · From Antiquity to the High Middle Ages, the elite heavy cavalrymen that dominated the battlefield was the armored cataphract. With both horse and rider encased in scale armor, the cataphract typically wielded a long kontos, or lance. On the battlefield, they were primarily used to break through opposing formations of heavy cavalry and infantry.

Oct 4, 2017 · The Göktürks, Blue Turks (Old Turkic: 𐰜𐰇𐰛:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰰, Kök Türük Chinese: 突厥/تُكِئ; pinyin: Tūjué), were a nomadic confederation of Turkic peoples in medieval Inner Asia.

Feb 7, 2024 · I have seen some pictures, in simple forms, that showed that the Gokturk actually did have cataphracts, so I am not sure if this was even accurate. The predominant view, then, was that those horse bardings were only used for ceremonies …

The Eastern Turkic Khaganate (Chinese: 東突厥; pinyin: Dōng Tūjué or Dōng Tújué) was a Turkic khaganate formed as a result of the internecine wars in the beginning of the 7th century (AD 581–603) after the First Turkic Khaganate (founded in the 6th century in the Mongolian Plateau by the Ashina clan) had splintered into two polities – one in the ea...

Oct 18, 2024 · The Gök Türks (or Göktürks) were early Turks who lived a semi-nomadic lifestyle in Central Asia, principally in Mongolia, to the north and west of China. They emerged into history in the early sixth century AD from obscure tribal origins.

Feb 16, 2018 · Gokturk warriors. a Gokturk cataphract and a light horse archer. Though the Gokturks possessed excellent cataphracts, it was their nimble cavalry archers that paved the

Mar 6, 2018 · The Eastern Gokturk Khaganate, which had been a vassal to Tang Dynasty's predecessor Sui Dynasty, had turned against Sui during the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui (r. 604-618) and subsequently, during Sui's breakup late in Emperor Yang's reign, had intervened in the process by supporting various claimants to the imperial title—including Tang's ...

Dec 23, 2023 · In a remote valley in the Tarbagatay district of Kazakhstan's Eastern region, archaeologists have unearthed a Turkic Khaganate cult complex, dating back to the Western Göktürk Period, 6th- 8th century AD.