RULES OF NATURE

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And you could have it all...

>>3254616
Wait, why is the kingdom of Armenia down on the south side of Asia Minor?

>>3255394
It was sort of a "kingdom in exile", armenians fled there from the turks

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>>3254616

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>>3255419

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>>3255420

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>>3255422

>>3255178
Lel implying horse niggers got shot on a knight in full plate

>>3256997
>13th century full plate western knight
>13th century Bulgars being horseniggers

Bulgars were more Byzantines than the Byzantines at this point.

>>3255394
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Kingdom_of_Cilicia
Kingdom of Armenia is not the right name for it imo

>>3257023
t. Byzantiboo Komnenus

Bulgarians were Bulgarians. Similar to Byzantines in culture but a separate people all together

>ITT: Byzaboos get BTFO

>>3255419
byzantines had it coming

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What was his endgame?

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>>3254616
AND WE RUN WHEN THE SUN COMES UP

>>3257147
He risked a seeing the business end of an executioners sword if the nobles who were promised plunder returned home empty handed. So he gave them plunder

>>3255394
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.

Fun facts:
They were a Frankaboo crusader state. Not established by crusaders, they just were crazy about crusading. Even the pope had to tell them to tone it down. They didn't stop calling for a 10th crusade and more until the 15th century.
They basically started the 3rd crusade (the best one). When Richard I the Lionheart met the Cilician king (he was titled Lord of the Mountain before establishing a kingdom after the crusade) Levon I the Great they became bffs and went on a bunch of sieges together. Likewise, they spent most of their life crusading. Levon was also Richard's best man at his wedding.
Cilicia was well loved for being a prosperous kingdom that showered crusaders with gifts and constantly supplied them throughout all the crusades.

Later on when the kingdom was failing, they tried to Christianize and ally with the mongols to go on their own crusade, but the mongols betrayed them. To this day, Armenian Cilicians have dozens of insults involving the word "mongol".

They were associated with the French Templars and Hospitallers. When they joined the call for a 9th crusade, only the Hospitallers and Edward I responded.
They were eventually part of the Lusignan dynasty, and the current heir to the Armenian throne is among a few Lusignan descendants.

>>3257745
wtf I love Armenia now

>>3257023
Bulgar medieval battles are pretty interesting. Their signature was baits, ambushes and false retreats.

For example in that battle Kalojan used cuman cavalry to bait the knights into encirclement and then absolutely BTFO them

>>3260075
Bulgarian historian here. What Tzar Kaloyan did was even more impressive actually. The battle took place over several days in which he carefully orchestrated skirmishes to create the impression of a disorganized force, and fortified his position in the meantime. Preparing for the main battle. What happened next is pretty well documented and what you said is mostly true and will suffice as an explanation. What really sets this battle apart is that Kaloyan managed to simultaneously lift the siege of Adrianople and rescue the Byzantine remnants and still BTFO the entire Latin army and kill the Crusader elite in one brilliant strike.

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>>3260111
Forgot pic. It's a plan of the battle and the position of the armies

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>>3254616
Show me a good time Dick!