How effective would desert raiders/light cav be against a prepared opponent who had access to capable light cav?
I know there are alot of sources about Muhammad's raids but it seems like their opponents were just completely unprepared for raiding and handled it incompetently until Muhammad's raiders were too strong & wealthy to be resisted effectively.
If they had been more proactive about stopping Muhammad's raiding, wouldn't he have failed?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravan_raids
I know there are alot of sources about Muhammad's raids but it seems like their opponents were just completely unprepared for raiding and handled it incompetently until Muhammad's raiders were too strong & wealthy to be resisted effectively.
If they had been more proactive about stopping Muhammad's raiding, wouldn't he have failed?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravan_raids