A War Tactician: K̲h̲ālid b. al-Walīd by Hüseyin Gökalp

“…The way he started and ended wars subverted the tactics of the enemy Arab, Roman, and Persian armies. In general, the battles he managed were lasting shorter than expected. …”
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La mousson, pluie des agriculteurs et vent des marins by Françoise Aubaile-Sallenave

“…That large zone of intense movements putt in contacts very diverse populations.The monsoon facilitated since a very long time the travels from east to west (China to India and persian gulf) and from west to east (South Arabia to Indonesia and China), travels which gave access to the islands and peninsulas of India and southeast Asia, rich in spices and fine products. …”
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