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==Warriors from various cultures==
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*[[Abhiras]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Institute |first=Bhandarkar Oriental Research |author-link=Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q-ksAQAAMAAJ |title=Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona |date=1917 |publisher=The Institute |pages=564 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Assyria|Assyrians]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ducksters.com/history/mesopotamia/assyrian_army.php#:~:text=The%20warrior%20society%20of%20the,equipment%20to%20dominate%20their%20enemies.&text=The%20early%20Assyrians%20were%20a,and%20be%20ready%20to%20fight | title=Ancient Mesopotamia: Assyrian Army and Warriors }}</ref>
* [[Akinji]]<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bruno Mugnai|author2=Christopher Flaherty|title=Der Lange Türkenkrieg (1593-1606): The long Turkish War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bh6ZBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA47|date=23 September 2014|publisher=[[Soldiershop]]|isbn=978-88-96519-91-2|page=47|quote=<!--The akinci corps warriors-->}}</ref>
* [[Al-Haras]]
* [[Amazons]]
* [[Fyrd|Anglo-Saxons]]
* [[Arapaho]]
* [[Apache]]
* [[Armatoloi]]<ref name="Pappas1982">{{cite book|author=Nicholas Charles Pappas|title=Greeks in Russian military service in the late eighteen and early nineteenth centuries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HMtEAQAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Stanford University|page=99|quote=<!--klephtes, armatoloi, the warrior societies-->}}</ref>
* [[Ashigaru]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Craig|first1=Matthew|title=Ashigaru - Samurai Combat in the Age of the Country at War|date=11 September 2012 |publisher=Junkhouse|page=48|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RTLsAwAAQBAJ|access-date=3 February 2018|isbn=9781300185680}}</ref>
* [[Aswaran]]
* [[Aztecs]]
* [[Balija]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rao |first1=Velcheru Narayana |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=znFuAAAAMAAJ |title=Symbols of Substance: Court and State in Nāyaka Period Tamilnadu |last2=Shulman |first2=David Dean |last3=Subrahmanyam |first3=Sanjay |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1992 |pages=10, 74 |isbn=978-0-19-563021-3 |quote=These Balija fighters are not afraid of kings: some stories speak of their killing kings who interfered with their affairs. |author-link=Velcheru Narayana Rao |author-link2=David Dean Shulman |author-link3=Sanjay Subrahmanyam}}</ref>
* [[Batavi (Germanic tribe)|Batavi]]
* [[Berserker]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Johnson|first1=E. Patrick|last2=Riviera|first2=Ramon H.|title=Blacktino Queer Performance|publisher=Duke University Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sVkqDAAAQBAJ&q=Berserker+warrior&pg=PT360|isbn=9780822374657|date=2016-05-19}}</ref>
* [[Blackfoot Confederacy]]
* [[Bogatyr]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Emerson|first1=Caryl|title=The Cambridge Introduction to Russian Literature|date=2008|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=71|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HgZa8DRv18wC&q=Bogatyr+warrior|isbn=9781139471688}}</ref>
* [[Boxers (group)|Boxers]]
* [[Boyars]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Crummy|first1=Robert|title=Aristocrats and Servitors: The Boyar Elite in Russia, 1613-1689|date=2014|publisher=Princeton University Press|page=12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d63_AwAAQBAJ&q=Boyar+warrior|isbn=9781400853694}}</ref>
* [[Bulgars]]
* [[Bunt (community)|Bunt]]
* [[Sacred Band of Carthage|Carthaginian]]<ref>Head, Duncan "Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars 359 BC to 146 BC" (1982), p140.</ref>
* [[Cataphract]]
* [[Celtic warfare|Celts]]
* [[Cheyenne military societies|Cheyenne]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Tucker|first1=Phillip|title=Death at the Little Bighorn: A New Look at Custer, His Tactics, and the Tragic Decisions Made at the Last Stand|date=2017|publisher=Skyhorse Publishing|page=Chapter 2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VO6LDAAAQBAJ&q=Cheyenne+warrior+caste|access-date=3 February 2018|isbn=9781634508063}}</ref>
* [[Cherokee]]
* [[Charan]]
* [[Comanche]]
* [[Comitatus (warband)|Comitatus]]
* [[Condottieri]]<ref>Lenman, B., Anderson, T. ''Chambers Dictionary of World History'', p. 200</ref>
* [[Cossacks]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Coker|first1=Christopher|title=The Warrior Ethos: Military Culture and the War on Terror|date=2007|publisher=Routledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n1l9AgAAQBAJ&q=cossack+warriors|isbn=9781134096350}}</ref>
* [[Conquistadors]]
* [[Coromantee]]
* [[Crusades|Crusader]]<ref name="auto1">{{cite book|last1=Grant|first1=R.G|title=Warrior: A Visual History of the Fighting Man|publisher=Penguin|page=78|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pgdthq9_opsC&q=Crusader+warrior|isbn=9780756644031|date=2007-09-17}}</ref>
* [[Curetes (tribe)|Curetes]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Preston|first1=Claire|title=Bee|date=2006|publisher=Reaktion Books|page=118|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iWaErw379ikC&q=Curetes+warrior|access-date=3 February 2018|isbn=9781861892560}}</ref>
* [[Curonians]]
* [[Dacians]]
* [[Dahomey Amazons]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Real Warriors Behind 'The Woman King' |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/real-warriors-woman-king-dahomey-agojie-amazons-180980750/ |work=Smithsonian |date=15 September 2022}}</ref>
* [[Dani people]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Diamond |first1=Jared |title=The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? |date=2012 |publisher=Viking Press |isbn=978-0-670-02481-0 }}</ref>
* [[Dog soldier]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hoig|first1=Stan|title=The Peace Chiefs of the Cheyennes|date=Jul 31, 1990|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/peacechiefsofc00stan/page/85 85]|url=https://archive.org/details/peacechiefsofc00stan|url-access=registration|quote=Dog soldier warrior.|access-date=3 February 2018|isbn=9780806122625}}</ref>
* [[Druzhina]]
* [[Eagle warrior]]
* [[Eso Ikoyi]]
* [[Eight Banners]]
* [[Fianna]]
* [[Gabiniani]]
* [[Gallowglass]]
* [[Gargareans]]
* [[Ghazi (warrior)|Ghazi]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Sohail H. Hashmi|title=Just Wars, Holy Wars, and Jihads: Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Encounters and Exchanges|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1jcCwXo3CCgC&pg=PA196|date=3 July 2012|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=978-0-19-975503-5|page=196|quote=<!--The epic poems of the period depict ghazi warriors as "living for battle and booty, glory and girls."-->}}</ref>
* [[Gladiator]]
* [[Guecha warrior]]
* [[Gurkha]]
* [[Hajduk]]s<ref>{{cite book|author=Suraiya Faroqhi|title=An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c00jmTrjzAoC&pg=PA438|date=28 April 1997|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-57455-6|pages=437–438}}</ref>
* [[Harii]]
* [[Hashashin]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kumar|first1=Ram|title=Martyred but Not Tamed: The Politics of Resistance in the Middle East|date=2012|publisher=SAGE Publishing India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=axdBDwAAQBAJ&q=Hashshashin+warrior|isbn=9788132117254}}</ref>
* [[Hersir]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chartrand|first1=Rene|last2=Durham|first2=Keith|last3=Harrison|first3=Mark|last4=Heath|first4=Ian|title=The Vikings|date=2016|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|page=43|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mxizDAAAQBAJ&q=Hersir|access-date=3 February 2018|isbn=9781472813220}}</ref>
* [[Herules]]
* [[Hessian (soldier)|Hessian]]
* [[Scottish clan|Highlander]]<ref>{{cite book|author=L. Alcock|title=Kings and Warriors, Craftsmen and Priests in Northern Britain AD 550–850|publisher=Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland|isbn=0-903903-24-5|pages=56|year=2003}}</ref>
* [[Hippeis]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Marinatos|first1=Nanno|title=Goddess and the Warrior: The Naked Goddess and Mistress of the Animals in Early Greek Religion|date=2002|publisher=Routledge|pages=2–82|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLmBAgAAQBAJ&q=Hippeis+warrior+community|isbn=1134601476}}</ref>
* [[Hird]]
* [[Hoplite]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Greek art and archaeology : a new history, c. 2500-c. 150 BCE|last=Neer|first=Richard T.|year=2012|isbn=9780500288771|location=New York|pages=95|oclc=745332893}}</ref>

* [[Knights Hospitaller|Hospitaller]]<ref name="auto1"/>
* [[Housecarl]]
* [[Hulubalang]]<ref>{{cite book|last=A. Samad Ahmad|title=Sulalatus Salatin (Sejarah Melayu)|year= 1979|pages=44–45|publisher=[[Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka]]|isbn=983-62-5601-6}}</ref>
* [[Huns]]
* [[Hyksos]]
* [[Hussars]]
* [[Hwarang]]<ref>Rutt, p. 22</ref>
* [[Immortals (Achaemenid Empire)|Immortals]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Hicks|first=Jim|title=The Persians|url=https://archive.org/details/persians0000hick|url-access=registration|year=1975|publisher=Time-Life Books}}</ref>
* [[Impi]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Zulu Warriors – 1879 |url=https://www.military-history.org/soldier-profiles/the-zulu-warriors.htm |work=[[Military History Matters]] |date=5 February 2011}}</ref>
* [[Jatavs]]<ref
name="Chamar Regiment">
from
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamar_Regiment#:~:text=The%20Chamar%20Regiment%20was%20an,regiment%20was%20disbanded%20in%201946 }}.</ref>
* [[Jat]]<ref name="Sanchez">Sánchez-Murillo, R. (2012). La palabra universal. ''Ricardo Sánchez-Murillo.'' Retrieved September 5, 2012, from [http://ricardosm.com/2012/03/21/la-palabra-del-universo/ link] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184954/http://ricardosm.com/2012/03/21/la-palabra-del-universo/ |date=2013-10-29 }}.</ref>
* [[Janissary]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=A History of the Modern Middle East|last=Cleveland, Bunton|first=William, Martin|publisher=Westview Press|year=2013|isbn=978-0-8133-4833-9|pages=43}}</ref>
*[[Jaguar Warrior]]
* [[Jinyiwei]]
* [[Jomsvikings]]
* [[Karaiyar]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xVX0DAAAQBAJ&q=karaiyar+warrior&pg=PA236|title=Linguistic Rivalries: Tamil Migrants and Anglo-Franco Conflicts|last=Das|first=Sonia N.|date=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780190461782|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Karava]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Coromandel fishermen: an ethnography of Paṭṭaṇavar subcaste|last=Pārati|first=Paktavatcala|date=1999|publisher=Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture|isbn=9788185452098|pages=9|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Kassites]]
* [[Kheshig]]<ref>David Christian A history of Russia, Central Asia, and Mongolia, p.396</ref>
* [[Kiowa]]
* [[Kipchaks]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Timothy May|title=The Mongol Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia &#91;2 volumes&#93;: A Historical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4gB9DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA221|date=7 November 2016|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-61069-340-0|page=221}}</ref>
* [[Klephts]]<ref name="Pappas1982"/>
* [[Knight]]s<ref>D'A. J. D. Boulton, "Classic Knighthood as Nobiliary Dignity", in Stephen Church, Ruth Harvey (ed.), ''Medieval knighthood V: papers from the sixth Strawberry Hill Conference 1994'', Boydell & Brewer, 1995, pp. 41–100.</ref><ref>Frank Anthony Carl Mantello, A. G. Rigg, ''Medieval Latin: an introduction and bibliographical guide'', UA Press, 1996, p. 448.</ref><ref>Charlton Thomas Lewis, ''An elementary Latin dictionary'', Harper & Brothers, 1899, p. 505.</ref>
* [[Knights Templar]]<ref name="auto1"/>
*[[Khandayats]]
* [[Kshatriya]] <ref> {{cite book|last=Thapar|first=Romila|author-link=Romila Thapar|title=History of Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-5irrXX0apQC&q=History+of+Early+India:+From+the+Origins+to+AD+1300 |publisher=University of California Press|year=2004|isbn=0520242254}} </ref>
* [[Chhetri|Kshetri]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Adhikari|first=Indra|title=Military and Democracy in Nepal|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317589068|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CVLeCQAAQBAJ|date=2015-06-12}}</ref>
* [[Ligures]]
* [[Leidang]]
* [[Maasai people|Maasai]]
* [[Maccabees]]<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Mathematics of the Calendar |last=Cohn |first=Marc |year=2007 |isbn=978-1430324966 |pages=60|publisher=Lulu.com }}</ref>
* [[Ancient Macedonian army|Macedonians]]
* [[Macedonian phalanx]]
* [[Maharlika]]
* [[Mangudai]]<ref>{{cite book |first=James |last=Chambers |year=2003 |title=The Devil's Horsemen: The Mongol Invasion of Europe |publisher=Castle Books |location=Edison, New Jersey |isbn=978-0-7858-1567-9}}</ref>
* [[Mamluk]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Christopher Tyerman|author-link = Christopher Tyerman|title=God's War: A New History of the Crusades|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tNDCpBNqXuUC&pg=PT156|year=2007|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-0-14-190431-3|page=156|quote=<!--slave warriors (mamluks).-->}}</ref>
* [[Māori people]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Story: Riri - traditional Māori warfare |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/riri-traditional-maori-warfare |work=Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand}}</ref>
* [[Maravar]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/nadarsoftamilnad0000hard|url-access=registration|quote=maravar.|title=The Nadars of Tamilnad|year=1969|last=Hardgrave|first=Robert L.|publisher=University of California Press|pages=[https://archive.org/details/nadarsoftamilnad0000hard/page/279 279]|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Maratha (caste)|Maratha]]
* [[Mohawk people|Mohawk]]
* [[Mongols]]
* [[Morlachs (Venetian irregulars)|Morlachs]]
* [[Moro People]]
* [[Medjay]]
* [[Mesedi]]
* [[Mingghan]]<ref>Lusted, Marcia Amidon (2017). Genghis Khan and the Building of the Mongol Empire. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. p. 32. {{ISBN|9781499463521}}.</ref>
* [[Mukkuvar]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Tamils and Moors: caste and matriclan structure in eastern Sri Lanka|last=McGilvray|first=Dennis B.|date=1974|publisher=University of Chicago|pages=95|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Nakh peoples]]
* [[Neftenya]]
* [[Ninja]]/[[Kunoichi]]
* [[Normans]]
* [[Numerus Batavorum]]
* [[Onna-musha]]
* [[Kapu_(caste)#Ontari|Ontari]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=K. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iv5s-qwMw30C&q=Ontari |title=People of India: Andhra Pradesh |date=1992 |publisher=[[Anthropological Survey of India]] |isbn=978-81-7671-006-0 |pages=1326 |language=en |author-link=Kumar Suresh Singh}}</ref>
* [[Optimatoi]]
* [[Pendekar]]
* [[Piracy|Pirates]]
* [[Quilombo]]
* [[Rajput]]<ref>{{cite book |first=Rajit K. |last=Mazumder |pages=99, 105}}</ref>
* [[Red Lanterns (Boxer Uprising)|Red Lantern Sect]]
* [[Reddy]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Saints, Goddesses and Kings: Muslims and Christians in South Indian Society, 1700-1900|last=Bayly|first=Susan|date=2004-04-22|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521891035|pages=25|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Roman people|Romans]]
* [[Ror]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Q2qCQAAQBAJ&q=ror|title=Dialogue & Daggers:Notion of Authority and Legitimacy in the Early Delhi Sultanate 1192 C.E.-1316 C.E.|pages=167|isbn=9789384318468|last1=Shome|first1=Ayan|date=November 2014|publisher=Vij Books India Pvt }}</ref>
* [[Rus' people]]
* [[Samurai]]<ref>
[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/520850/samurai Samurai (Japanese warrior)]. Encyclopædia Britannica.</ref>
* [[Scordisci]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Marjeta Šašel Kos|title=Appian and Illyricum|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=opBpAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Narodni Muzej Slovenije|isbn=978-961-6169-36-3|page=144|quote=<!--The Scordisci remained warriors until the time of their subjugation by the Romans-->}}</ref>
* [[Scythians]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Dothraki and the Scythians: a game of clones? |url=https://blog.britishmuseum.org/the-dothraki-and-the-scythians-a-game-of-clones/ |work=The British Museum}}</ref>
* [[Seminole]]
* [[Sengunthar]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y089AAAAIAAJ&q=r&pg=PA43|title=The Warrior Merchants: Textiles, Trade and Territory in South India|last=Mines|first=Mattison|date=1984|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521267144|pages=13|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Shaolin Monastery|Shaolin]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chlumsky|first1=Nathan|title=Inside Kungfu: Chinese Martial Arts Encyclopedia|page=19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XSLRCQAAQBAJ&q=shaolin+warrior+monks|isbn=9781329119420|date=2015-05-06|publisher=Lulu.com }}</ref>
* [[Shawnee]]
* [[Shetty]]<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XCHZ_pDUnVAC&dq=bunts+warrior+class&pg=PA143 | title=An Indian to the Indians?: On the Initial Failure and the Posthumous Success of the Missionary Ferdinand Kittel (1832-1903) | isbn=978-3-447-05161-3 | last1=Wendt | first1=Reinhard | date=2006 | publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag }}</ref>
* [[Shieldmaiden]]<ref name="nordisk">[https://runeberg.org/nfce/0728.html The article ''Sköldmö''] in ''[[Nordisk familjebok]]'' (1917).</ref>
* [[Sioux]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Sioux |date=2 May 2023 |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sioux |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica}}</ref>
* [[Sikh]]<ref> {{cite web |title= Sikh|date=2 May 2023 |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sikhism |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica}}</ref>
* [[Slavs]]
* [[Sipahi]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Hans Delbrück|title=Medieval Warfare: History of the Art of War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f5XgAAAAMAAJ|date=1990|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|isbn=978-0-8032-6585-1|page=474|quote=<!--fraternity of warriors, the sipahi.-->}}</ref>
* [[Sohei]]<ref>''Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary'', {{ISBN|4-7674-2015-6}}</ref>
* [[Somatophylakes]]
* [[Spartiate|Spartan]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Harley|first=T. Rutherford|title=The Public School of Sparta, Greece & Rome, Vol. 3, No. 9 (May 1934) pp. 129-139.) }}</ref>
* [[Telaga]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Baines |first=Athelstane |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5d0hEAAAQBAJ&dq=Telaga+army&pg=PA54 |title=Ethnography (Castes and Tribes): With a List of the More Important Works on Indian Ethnography by W. Siegling |date=2021-03-22 |publisher=[[De Gruyter]] |isbn=978-3-11-238388-9 |pages=54 |language=en |quote=The Telaga were once a military caste, and were till recently recruited for the native regiments of the British army, but now they are cultivators of a moderately high position, and only differ from their neighbours in being somewhat more fully Brahmanised.}}</ref>
* [[Teutonic Knights]]<ref name="auto1"/>
* [[Thingmen]]
* [[Timawa]]
* [[Triballi]]<ref>{{cite book|author1=Edgar Sanderson|author2=John Porter Lamberton|author3=Charles Morris|title=Six Thousand Years of History: Famous warriors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=16fWAAAAMAAJ|publisher=T. Nolan|page=6|quote=<!--warlike Triballi-->|year=1909}}</ref>
* [[Thracians]]
* [[Troy|Trojans]]
* [[Uskoks]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Suraiya Faroqhi|title=Travel and Artisans in the Ottoman Empire: Employment and Mobility in the Early Modern Era|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=axS-AgAAQBAJ&pg=PR11|date=30 January 2014|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-78076-481-8|page=11|quote=<!--so-called Uskoks, border warriors-->}}</ref>
* [[Valkyrie]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Sri Lanka Reader: History, Culture, Politics|last=Holt|first=John|date=2011-04-13|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=9780822349822|pages=86|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Varangian Guard]]
* [[Velir]] or [[Vellalar]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Pivot politics: changing cultural identities in early state formation processes|date=1994|publisher=Het *[[Yadav]] Spinhuis|isbn=9789055890071|pages=165|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Vikings]]<ref>{{cite book|author1=Karl Bihlmeyer|author2=Hermann Tüchle|title=Church History: The Middle Ages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JqgNAQAAMAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Newman Press|page=26|quote=<!--The Normans1, that is, the North Germans inhabiting Denmark and Scandinavia, were skilled seamen and fierce warriors (Vikings).-->}}</ref>
* [[Virago]]
* [[Voynuks]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Abstracts: Modern history abstracts, 1450-1914|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VckLAQAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=American Bibliographical Center, CLIO|page=644|quote=<!--Voynuks were Ottoman Christians who served as warriors-->}}</ref>
* [[Warrior monk]]
* [[White Lotus Sect]]
* [[African military systems (1800–1900)#From innovation to conservatism: the Zulu military system|Zulu warriors]]
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==See also==
==See also==

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A warrior is a guardian specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracy, class, or caste.

History

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See also: History of physical training and fitness

Warriors seem to have been present in the earliest pre-state societies.[1] Scholars have argued that horse-riding Yamnaya warriors from the Pontic–Caspian steppe played a key role during the Indo-European migrations and the diffusion of Indo-European languages across Eurasia.[2][3] Most of the basic weapons used by warriors appeared before the rise of most hierarchical systems. Bows and arrows, clubs, spears, swords, and other edged weapons were in widespread use. However, with the new findings of metallurgy, the aforementioned weapons had grown in effectiveness.[4]

When the first hierarchical systems evolved 5000 years ago, the gap between the rulers and the ruled had increased. Making war to extend the outreach of their territories, rulers often forced men from lower orders of society into the military role. That had been the first use of professional soldiers, a distinct difference from the warrior communities.[5]

The warrior ethic in many societies later became the preserve of the ruling class. Egyptian pharaohs would depict themselves in war chariots, shooting at enemies, or smashing others with clubs. Fighting was considered a prestigious activity but only when associated with status and power. European mounted knights would often feel contempt for the foot soldiers recruited from lower classes. In Mesoamerican societies of pre-Columbian America, the elite aristocratic soldiers remained separated from the lower classes of stone-throwers.[6] The samurai were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of Japan from the 12th to the late 19th century.[7]

In contrast to the beliefs of the caste and clan-based warrior, who saw war as a place to attain valor and glory, warfare was a practical matter that could change the course of history. That was the approach of the Roman legions, which had only the incentive of promotion, as well as a strict level of discipline. When Europe's standing armies of the 17th and the 18th centuries developed, discipline was at the core of their training. Officers had the role of transforming men that they viewed as lower class to become reliable fighting men.[6]

Inspired by the Ancient Greek ideals of the 'citizen soldier', many European societies during the Renaissance began to incorporate conscription and raise armies from the general populace. A change in attitude was noted as well, as officers were told to treat their soldiers with moderation and respect. For example, men who fought in the American Civil War often elected their own officers. With the mobilization of citizens in the armies sometimes reaching the millions, societies often made efforts in order to maintain or revive the warrior spirit. That trend continues to the modern day.[8] Due to the heroic connotations of the term "warrior", this metaphor is especially popular in publications advocating or recruiting for a country's military.[9]

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References

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  1. ^ Grant, R.G (2007). Warrior: A Visual History of the Fighting Man. Penguin. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7566-3203-8.
  2. ^ Gibbons, Ann (21 February 2017). "Thousands of horsemen may have swept into Bronze Age Europe, transforming the local population". Science.
  3. ^ Barras, Colin (27 March 2019). "Story of most murderous people of all time revealed in ancient DNA". New Scientist.
  4. ^ Grant, R.G (2007). Warrior: A Visual History of the Fighting Man. Penguin. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-7566-3203-8.
  5. ^ Grant, R.G (2007). Warrior: A Visual History of the Fighting Man. Penguin. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-7566-3203-8.
  6. ^ a b Grant, R.G (2007). Warrior: A Visual History of the Fighting Man. Penguin. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7566-3203-8.
  7. ^ Harry D. Harootunian, "The progress of Japan and the Samurai class, 1868-1882." Pacific Historical Review (1959) 28#3: 255-266. online
  8. ^ Grant, R.G (2007). Warrior: A Visual History of the Fighting Man. Penguin. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7566-3203-8.
  9. ^ e.g. Wong, Leonard, "Leave No Man Behind: Recovering America's Fallen Warriors." Armed Forces & Society, July 2005; vol. 31: pp. 599-622.; Bradley C.S. Watson, "The Western Ethical Tradition and the Morality of the Warrior." Armed Forces & Society, October 1999; vol. 26: pp. 55-72; Samet, Elizabeth D., "Leaving No Warriors Behind: The Ancient Roots of a Modern Sensibility." Armed Forces & Society, July 2005; vol. 31: pp. 623-649; Miller, Laura L. and Charles Moskos, "Humanitarians or Warriors?: Race, Gender, and Combat Status in Operations Restore Hope." Armed Forces & Society, July 1995; vol. 21: pp. 615-637

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