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That they even had a logistics system, and one that actually functioned well, demonstrates what a very effective war machine the Zulu were. One wonders just how far they'd have advanced in an Africa absent of Europeans...

So, just to breathe some more life into this thread, let’s have a chat about how metal the Zulu people were. This was a tribal society with perhaps the largest army of any native African tribe, every man expected to be a warrior and formed into full blown regiments. This was accompanied by a...

On further investigation I apologise for getting it the wrong way round, but it seems that the Sweet Potato, native to South America, was exported via trade to the Polynesian islands for cultivation long before Europeans showed up. Now there are some studies that suggest it ended up there...

Polynesians are hardcore. It takes steel to tame the pacific in sodding canoes, be the people of Maui, and bash megafauna (and the occasional British redcoat) to death with War Oars. They are Warm Water Norsemen essentially. I once heard it said that a specific type of fruit, native to...

The Sioux were just not push overs in the slightest, were they? Although they were to an extent technologically inferior, the US Army seemed to forget that these people were a warrior culture with centuries of practice.

Oh? Do elaborate.

Funny meme, but I really cannot understate just how badly the 7th Cavalry got their cheeks clapped at Little Big Horn. The Indians totally surprised, overwhelmed, and scattered their enemy that day. And the ones who managed to flee were the lucky ones… In the British context, we essentially...

If my absolutely appalling memory serves, was it not your people who gave Custer and his 7th Cavalry an, ah, "impromptu hair cut"?

Might well have been influenced, but there appears to have been evidence of scalping among the natives since 600AD at least. A prime example of this appears to be something called the "Crow Creek Massacre" which happened in the 14th century. Then again, apparently your people (Cherokee if I'm...

I felt we needed a thread to talk about how very badass and complex a lot of indigenous cultures are. From American Indians scalping any fool who crossed them, to the Maori beating giant birds to death with oars, and the Zulu steam rolling a one thousand strong European force, they have rather...