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War elephant

A war elephant is an elephant that is trained and guided by humans for combat purposes. Historically, the war elephant's main use was to charge the enemy, break their ranks, and instill terror and fear. Elephantry, or elephant cavalry, is the name for specific military units using elephant-mounted troops.These elephants weighed roughly between 3500kg and…

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related to General and cited references · 240
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related to Rome · 39
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related to Later Medieval India · 37
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related to Eastern Asia · 32
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related to Achaemenid Persia, Macedonia and Hellenistic Greek states · 31
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related to North Africa · 29
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related to Islamic world · 27
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related to Early Medieval India · 24
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related to In popular culture · 24
War elephant → Age, British Indian Army, Celtic Kings, Civilization, Crusader Kings III, Elephants, Empires, Europa Universalis IV, First Anglo-Afghan War, Hathi, Hearts, Imperator, Indian, Iron IV, Kala-Nag, Numerous, Old World, Rome, Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book
related to China · 23
War elephant → AD, Agitant, As, Beijing, Chinese, Chu, Each, For, Gigantic Elephants, Han, However, Legate Digitant, Ming, Mongols, North, Shao, Song, Southeast Asia, Southern Han, The

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War elephantis aelephant that is trained and guided by humans for combat purposes0.90text
Siaminstance ofThese elephants were probably not native to China and were delivered to the Ming dynasty by Southeast Asian countries0.80text
Kumaragupta struck coins depicted as elephant ridersinstance ofEmperors0.80text
lion slayers.Harsha established hegemony over most of North Indiainstance ofEmperors0.80text
the invasion of Chu in 948 ADinstance ofwar elephants played a vital role in Southern Han victories0.80text
but the Southern Han elephant corps were ultimately soundly defeated at Shao in 971 ADinstance ofwar elephants played a vital role in Southern Han victories0.80text
being unable to withstand crossbow fire of the Song dynasty troopsinstance ofwar elephants played a vital role in Southern Han victories0.80text
War elephantrelated to Achaemenid Persia, Macedonia and Hellenistic Greek statesFrom India0.60section
War elephantrelated to Achaemenid Persia, Macedonia and Hellenistic Greek statesAchaemenid Empire0.60section
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War elephantrelated to Achaemenid Persia, Macedonia and Hellenistic Greek statesAlexander0.60section
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