What movies never get right about history:
>speech about honor, family and country to the army
Rarely ever happened pre-19th century, the speeches were otherwise focused on money, fame or killing dirty [insert enemy religion]
>anybody speaking to the whole army with no support
There was a function of heralds in the armies who passed the word on, only immediate surrounding heard the actual speaker
>battle becomes a series of 1v1 brawls
Army that would leave its formation would start killing each other by accident and lose immediatelly
>christians in medieval using any sort of tactics
Medieval battles were about fighting head-on, anything else was dishonorable (it happened, but rarely and usually resulted in losing some alliances)
>africans being all tribesmen
Except some bushmen deep inland (like Zulus), most of Africa had fully gunpowder armies by late 17th century
>nationality having any importance pre-19th century
First and foremost was alliegance to your ruler, most of states were heavily multi-ethnic and being [insert nation] meant being loyal to ruler who held title of [insert nation]
>"Dark Ages" is time where sun didnt shine, everyone killed each others and demons roamed
It's a historical name for era which has little primary sources - there is nothing to enlighten us what was going on = dark age
>Europeans being oppressive to anyone except Amerindians pre 19th century
Europeans didn't even own any land outside Europe, they were just renting it from local rulers and their position was of traders
>serfs and slaves being treated as garbage
There were laws preventing mistreatment of lowest classes, you don't want majority of your population hating the elite
>pre-18th century battles resulting in thousands dead
Usually only about 5% of the army actually died, battles were more about who makes the enemy panic and run first
cont.
