Where can I find information on the Berbers? I'm interested in their armour, as well as how they dressed. The general things. I just don't know where to start looking online. Thank you.
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For those unfamiliar (like me) the Berbers are a race originating in north africa.
This should get you started;
http://i-cias.com/e.o/berbers.htm (some good historical links at the bottom of the page)
Google.com is your friend. I would narrow your search by time and area
keywords - berber, north africa, morocco
This should get you started;
http://i-cias.com/e.o/berbers.htm (some good historical links at the bottom of the page)
Google.com is your friend. I would narrow your search by time and area
keywords - berber, north africa, morocco
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COntact SCA's Duke Cariadoc. If I'm not misremembering, His character is Berber, and he's famous (or infamous) for the amount of research he's done.
You should be able to find a link to his site at the Red Kaganate (URL below) Resource Links page (if you don't find it there, go to the Food page - you will see four or five articles by him and there are links at each article).
As a very short answer -- You want Maile and connical or simple round helmet (if I'm not misremembering, the second helmet on the following page is North African http://www.geocities.com/normlaw/page13e.html ). The maile and the helmet were both generaly covered (a coat over the maile, a turban or a special fitted cap with the helmet)
'Course depending on period, for SCA uses you can suplement with any "Middle Eastern apropriate" armour (the Turks wore far more armour than the Berbers and Arabs - but borrowing -- since they were theoreticaly an integrated society -- is comparatively justified - at least for SCA)
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Armour of the Silk Road - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/3505
Jewish Warriors - http://www.geocities.com/jewishwarriors
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You should be able to find a link to his site at the Red Kaganate (URL below) Resource Links page (if you don't find it there, go to the Food page - you will see four or five articles by him and there are links at each article).
As a very short answer -- You want Maile and connical or simple round helmet (if I'm not misremembering, the second helmet on the following page is North African http://www.geocities.com/normlaw/page13e.html ). The maile and the helmet were both generaly covered (a coat over the maile, a turban or a special fitted cap with the helmet)
'Course depending on period, for SCA uses you can suplement with any "Middle Eastern apropriate" armour (the Turks wore far more armour than the Berbers and Arabs - but borrowing -- since they were theoreticaly an integrated society -- is comparatively justified - at least for SCA)
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Norman J. Finkelshteyn
Armour of the Silk Road - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/3505
Jewish Warriors - http://www.geocities.com/jewishwarriors
The Red Kaganate - http://www.geocities.com/kaganate
E-mail: kaganate(at)yahoo.com
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Thank you for the links. I'll take a look at them when I have more time. It is greatly appreciated. If anyone knows of any other links please post them, the more I learn the better I get...............at least that'st the way it's supposed to work. 
Thank you very much.
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Constancius of Lincolnshire
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Thank you very much.
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Constancius of Lincolnshire
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