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War Elephants
Language: en
Pages: 366
Authors: John M. Kistler
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group

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Explores how elephants have been used in military battles throughout the history of warfare, explaining how the large animals were used as tanks, bulldozers, an
War Elephants
Language: en
Pages: 356
Authors: John M. Kistler
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-10-01 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

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Elephants have fought in human armies for more than three thousand years. This is the largely forgotten tale of the credit they deserve and the sacrifices they
War Elephants
Language: en
Pages: 50
Authors: Konstantin Nossov
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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Elephants have been deployed as weapons for centuries, particularly in South and South-East Asia, where war elephants constituted the bulk of most armies in the
Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Garrett Ryan
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-01 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to drink fine wine, use birth control, or survive surgery? In a ser
Elephants & Kings
Language: en
Pages: 389
Authors: Thomas R. Trautmann
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-08-03 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Because of their enormous size, elephants have long been irresistible for kings as symbols of their eminence. In early civilizations—such as Egypt, Mesopotami