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_Silly_Wizard_ t1_j3yl5ui wrote

I was reading 1453: the fall of Constantinople a few years back and as I recall, a large part of the reason Muslim invaders were able to field such problematically large armies was that the soldiers were expected to be self-sufficient, responsible for their own daily upkeep.

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Yeangster t1_j3ylkaj wrote

That was true of most medieval armies, including the Crusaders.

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