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From arrows to bullets: the fortifications of Abdullah Khan Kala (Merv, Turkmenistan)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2015

Pierre Brun
Pierre Brun*
Affiliation:
Ancient Merv Project, Field Director (Islamic Military Architecture), Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, UK. (Email: pierre.brun@ntlworld.com)
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Abstract

A study of warfare in late medieval Merv, pivotal city on the silk route.

Keywords

TurkmenistanMervIslamicfifteenth-sixteenth centuries ADfortification, missiles
Type
Research
Information
Antiquity , Volume 79 , Issue 305 , September 2005 , pp. 616 - 624
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2005

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