Indeed, he's called Armenian warrior of Cilicia (another site adds the date "1198–1375 AD").
nijis said:Great collection of images.
Note that no state in the medieval era is going to have a distinct national appearance. It's a game convention to have different visual styles for different "factions" but actual appearance seems to have been a lot more of a melting pot.
Everyone borrowed clothing styles and weapons from each other and from the great empires. So, 13th century Armenians are going to look like 13 century Georgians, Russians and Kipchaks might share a taste for sabres, lamellar, and facemask helmets, and even Byzantines are likely to sport a few turban or felt hat styles that they picked up from the Caliphate or from the steppe.
The pictures clearly bring that out, but I was just tossing that in.
jacobhinds said:When did the Seljuks ever reach Europe(ans)?
Out of interest, what was the prevalent ethnicity of Anatolians during the era? Greek?jacobhinds said:The battles were in Eastern Anatolia and fought by an Anatolian dynasty. Either way I doubt anybody in Europe would have fared too well against the Seljuqs in their prime (which lasted about 10 years).
Hey, Im Georgian and I can help you with inormation you needAs I was reading along in some such things, I found mention of Medieval Georgia. To me, it looked pretty interesting mix of europe, russia, and the middle east, but to my disappointment, despite all my searching, it is very difficult to find much anything about this place. Since there are about two sixty-page books in my library about this, and google was not being of much service in bringing me websites with any information or in a language I could read, I'm now here and asking:
Anything about this kingdom? Books (Hopefully in English) or just links to other websites?
Oh, and to be clear, I'm not speaking of armenia, there's quite a bit on that. (Even though I've heard they're quite similar)
about middle ages ?Do you know any Georgian movies that I could find English subtitles for? Prefer newer ones.
Yep.about middle ages ?