Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: : This article is devoted to the history of art of siege among the Kipchaks. The Kipchaks possessed the basic skills of besieging cities. They could take small towns as a result of a long blockade or a surprise attack. The Kipchaks could capture large cities only together with their allies. Ruthenians, Georgians, and Bulgarians were such allies. An attempt to use catapults of the Tir-i Charkh type is recorded in 1184. The Kipchaks hired a Khorezm specialist in the art of siege. Keywords: Kipchaks, art of Siege, siege of cities, Tir-i Charkh catapult, Bulgarians, Georgians
DOI: 10.54414/dtbj1846
Author: Yaroslav Pylypchuk
Institution: Dragomanov Ukrainian State University
Language: English
Topic: Eurasian Exchange Networks
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4402365426