Circassian Cavalry

"Do a good turn to the poor, evermore; Always seek to put out the flames of war."
 - Leonid Dudey, 20th century Soviet Circassian poet__NOTOC__
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*Medium cavalry unit that attempts to combine mobility and speed with better attack and armour.	
*Medium cavalry unit that attempts to combine mobility and speed with better attack and armour.	
*Medium cavalry unit that attempts to combine mobility and speed with better attack and armour.	
*Medium cavalry unit that attempts to combine mobility and speed with better attack and armour.	
*Medium cavalry unit that attempts to combine mobility and speed with better attack and armour.	
*Medium cavalry unit that attempts to combine mobility and speed with better attack and armour.	
*Medium cavalry unit that attempts to combine mobility and speed with better attack and armour.	
*Medium cavalry unit that attempts to combine mobility and speed with better attack and armour.
Prereq: 	Build time 	HP 	LOS 	Attack 	Attack speed 	Movementspeed 	 	
* 	8s(120t) 	90 	8 	18 	2.3s(35t) 	38 	 	
Cost 	Cost 	Cost 	Created from 	Armour 	Weapon range 	Specialty 	 	
Base 	Ramp 	Pop 	Created from 	Armour 	Weapon range 	Specialty 	 	
: 80 	: 1;: 1 	1 	 	4 	Melee 	Bonus damage versus Supply Wagons and siege units.	 	
   	   	   	   	   	   	   	   	  
===Overall strategy===
Despite their antiquated appearance, don't be fooled. Circassian Cavalry represent a genus of Medium Cavalry available as mercenaries for hire from the Khan if ever should you need them.
While they are somewhat costly and can be easily outclassed, the one benefit that they have is that they have several grades of armour and can also be trained very quickly, making for a fast and tough unit that in vast numbers can pose problems of their own, particularly against support units such as Supply Wagons and artillery. Because of their immnse cost in Wealth, however, only the richest and most well-endowed of Pashas or Sultans can really hope to create an army of Circassians to beef up their numbers on the offense; otherwise they are like most mercenaries a useful "aggressive defence" unit..
==History==
The Circassians are the oldest indigenous people of the northern Caucasus, whose homeland was concentrated mainly around the city of Sochi. In the 6th century, under Georgian and Byzantine influence many were Christianised, but under the growing influence of the Ottomans, Islam replaced Christianity as early as the 18th century, albeit through the blending of Muslim thought with Christian ideas and even pre-Christian folk beliefs.
When their homelands were annexed by the Russian Empire, it sparked the Great Revolt (1825-1864) which resulted in a Circassian mass exodus into Muslim Turkey and other areas of the Ottoman Empire, including the Middle East, with around 1.5 million Circassians abandoning their ancient homeland, leaving behind scattered remnant communities. The Russian census of 1897 recorded only 150,000 Circassians, less the one tenth of the original population.
===References===
*University of Pennsylvania, Circassian History
Category:Auxiliaries