Somali conquered via numeric superiority and momentum, not superior weaponry

Evidence

Probably, more significantly, their warriors were sometimes mounted on horseback, a technique which the Oromo later adopted and used to good effect in their massive migration into Abyssinia. Yet it was probably above all their overwhelming numerical superiority, and the dynamism which their movement acquired, which enabled the Somali to conquer so much territory at the expense of the Oromo. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 115

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Somali expansion triumphed by numerical superiority and military dynamism, not technology.; Conflict and war are historically normal conditions in Somali experience. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 708; Numerical superiority, not weaponry, drove Somali conquest of Oromo territory (+3 more)

Related

• Somali expansion triumphed by numerical superiority and military dynamism, not technology. (similarity 0.94)
• Numerical superiority, not weaponry, drove Somali conquest of Oromo territory (similarity 0.91)
• Somali expansion was uncoordinated clan movements, not a single directed conquest (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• The U.S. assumed its technical superiority would easily overwhelm the Somalis #contradicts (0.45) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 628