> (By way of reference, I seem to recall that at least one, but by far
> not the majority, of the earlthy asiatic steppe peoples had young
> women and young men as riders, with men progressing to warriors once
> they had shown their prowess in battle, and women graduating from
> rider when they got married or got pregnant (I forget if it was just
> one or either).)
>
> Can anyone put me straight on this?
>
Assume its an editing mistake. As far as I am concerned, young women can be riders till they marry and have kids -- at least that's my interpretation. They generally can't be warriors (unless something really wierd is going on)
Jeff
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