Italeri item 6010 - Moo/ Saracens 11th Century - 1/72 scale Historic Soldiers Military Series assembly kit
Saracens was at fact the Muslims settled in North Africa even though center East. The Islamic conquest of Egypt and Syria allowed a fleet that rivaled with Byzantium for naval control in regards to the Mediterranean. The Saracen land troops, determined and hard-fighting, comprised elements from various cultural groups and social standing, but kept together by their Faith. The kit includes Turkoman horse archers, camel cyclists, heavily-armored central-Asian horsemen, infantry with demands and almond-shaped shields with Koranic inscriptions.
