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Re:Total Generalship: Commanding Pre-Modern Armies, Part III... by tuatoru on Friday June 24, 2022 @05:09AM (#31859358)
I highly recommend the two series, "Bread: How Did They Make It?" and "Iron: How Did They Make It?". (Series are called collections on the blog.)

The logistics and economics of the ancient world: fascinating.

Many other posts and collections about ancient (European, mostly) and pre-modern statecraft and institutions are also fascinating.

The "hook" or lens of looking at these topics through video games (and what they get right and wrong) is a nice way to get into the subject.

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Re:Total Generalship: Commanding Pre-Modern Armies, Part III... by dllthomas on Friday June 24, 2022 @03:29PM (#31868182)
I found "The Roman Dictatorship: How Did It Work? Did It Work?" fascinating.

https://acoup.blog/2022/03/18/collections-the-roman-dictator...

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Re:Total Generalship: Commanding Pre-Modern Armies, Part III... by dr_orpheus on Friday June 24, 2022 @10:19AM (#31862273)
The hook that got me in to reading acoup was the analysis of the battles in Lord of the Rings. How does book compare to movie compare to actual battle tactics.
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Re:Total Generalship: Commanding Pre-Modern Armies, Part III... by DylanSp on Friday June 24, 2022 @08:34AM (#31860827)
The "Clothing: How Did They Make It?" series is also really good, particularly for conveying how incredibly labor-intensive it was to produce clothing with pre-industrial methods, especially before the spinning wheel.
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