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	War elephant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elephant taming (not full domestication, they were still captured in the wild) began in the Indus Valley civilization around 4,000 years ago.
		Elephants used by the Egyptians at the battle of Raphia in 217 BC were smaller than their Asian counterparts, but that did not guarantee victory for Antiochus III the Great of Syria.
		From the battle of Heraclea (280 BC in the Pyrrhic War) to the famous march across the Alps by Hannibal during the Second Punic war, elephants terrified the Roman legions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/War_elephants (2213 words)

	Battle Elephants - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Battle Elephants is a Russian art troupe founded in 1984 in St.
		Formed by Igor Polyakov and Alexander Rappoport, the group shortly came to be an underground society of artists, writers and intellectuals on the outs with Soviet officialdom.
		1990 SADNAH HALL: 'Battle Elephants Croup' exhibition, Jerusalem.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_Elephants (364 words)

	Elephant - Wild India
		Elephant possession and use as a royal mount was firmly established and along with this they became an asset of war.
		After their size, an elephant's most obvious characteristic is the single trunk, a type of muscular hydrostat, that is a much elongated combination of nose and upper lip.
		Elephant tusks are the major source of ivory, but because of the increased rarity of elephants, hunting and ivory trade is now restricted, and in some countries illegal.
	www.wildindia.org /wiki/Elephant (1806 words)

	Animals in Uniform
		Battle elephants were used by Hannibal of Carthage when he crossed the Alps to fight the Romans.
		Elephants with carriages on their backs were able to hold four soldiers.
		The elephants were hung with bells in order to sound frightening, and their trunks were bound to straighten them so that poisoned daggers could be attached to their ends.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0770041.html (363 words)

	Dancing and Dying
		Elephants must have been frustrating animals to deal with because they could be an enormous asset to an army if they submitted to human control, but a devastating liability if they acted on their own impulses.
		Equally significant are Appian's observations that, in the stress of battle, elephants are accustomed to revert to wild behavior, by which he means behavior outside the control of humans, and that, when they are behaving wildly, they are accustomed to consider all people their enemies.
		Elephants that trampled their own men were, in effect, refusing to remain in the role that humans had assigned to them.
	cla.calpoly.edu /~jlynch/Elephants.htm (6990 words)

	Thailand's Talented Elephants
		It originated in ancient India, where the multi headed elephant of the Vedic god was white and where, in one of the Buddhist Jataka Tales, Vessantara (Buddha) gave a white state elephant to a drought-stricken people because it was believed to have the power to bring rain.
		The number of white elephants held by a king largely determined his power in the eyes of regional adversaries, and the white elephant was the featured emblem of the national flag of Siam until the name of the country was changed to Thailand.
		The elephant's preference for music and talent for dance should not surprise us; music is how the great circuses of the world train their elephants to perform.
	www.chiangmai-chiangrai.com /elephants.html (1541 words)

	Asia's Elephants Losing Battle For Space
		Elephants are reduced to scavenging for food in such places as a stinking garbage dump in Mannampitiya, in Sri Lanka, an island that is home to about 3,000 elephants.
		Four people were killed in September in Bangladesh after a herd of 10 elephants descended from a forest southeast of Dhaka and stomped through villages, forcing troops to kill one of the animals.
		Elephants also leave their home ranges because of overpopulation, seasonal migration in search of food and the break-up of forests by roads and farms, Raman said.
	www.rense.com /general43/battle.htm (616 words)

	Nabataean Elephants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Maturemale elephants annually enter a condition known as musth, which is marked by secretions from the musth glands behind the eye, an increase in aggression, and association with females that usually leads to mating.
		Since elephants rarely bear young in captivity, they are corralled (kept in an enclosure) in the wild, often with the use of domestic elephants and mahouts (professional elephant handlers).
		Mature male elephants annually enter a condition known as musth, which is marked by secretions from the musth glands behind the eye, an increase in aggression, and association with females that usually leads to mating.
	nabataea.net /elephants.html (5478 words)

	The Elephant Sanctuary - Hohenwald, Tennessee
		The pachyderms' fortitude was comfort to the elephants' four main keepers, for whom the trip is a tense and bittersweet ordeal.
		Like the majority of elephants kept in zoos, Tinkerbelle’s foot and health problems are attributed to urban zoo conditions that prevent normal exercise and social development for elephants while forcing them to stand on hard, compacted surfaces that exacerbate the joint and leg problems.
		Elephants walk by simultaneously moving two legs at a time along a path only about 18 inches wide, so the machine has to be able to withstand concentrated weight.
	www.elephants.com /news/globalnews.php?newsSubCategory_id=3 (13443 words)

	Elephant conservation Africa
		After several years studying elephants in the field, Iain realized that all the knowledge gathered in research was of little value if elephants disappeared.
		During the 1970's, he researched the status of elephants throughout Africa and was the first to respond to the devastating increase in poaching of elephants for ivory.
		Collaboration with local people, elephant experts and explorers helps promote an understanding of this very intelligent and sentient animal, as well as emphasizing the elephant's important role in the ecosystem and the value of conserving the habitat it shares with a variety of animal species and humans.
	www.wildnet.org /elephant.htm (410 words)

	Ringling Bros. Battle Over Elephants with Activists : Indybay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Elephants in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus are at the center point of a six year long court battle.
		Up to 20 Asian elephants tour in the 3 ringed circus, with the remaining 35 living at Ringling’s Center for Elephant Conservation; the $5 million, 200-acre facility is located in central Florida and also serves as a retirement and breeding center.
		Lovvron feels the defendants have something to hide, saying, “They repeatedly claim that their elephants are healthy and well-treated, yet when we ask for documents that would prove that, they fight us tooth and nail in court.” Meanwhile, protests have called for the boycotting of circuses that feature animals.
	www.indybay.org /newsitems/2006/06/04/18269311.php (885 words)

	Battle of Hydaspes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Eventually Alexanders light infantry gained the upper hand, as the elephants were stripped of their mahouts or hamstrung by axes.
		In this battle Alexanders horse, Bucephalus, was wounded and died.
		Alexander had ridden Bucephalus in everyone of his battles in Greece and Asia, so when it died, he was grief stricken and founded a city in India in his horses name.
	joseph_berrigan.tripod.com /id36.html (906 words)

	All Empires - The Battle of Hydaspes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It was due to use of the elephants by Porus's army in the battle.
		On the contrary to Romans who had to fight three battles to gain enough experience in combat against an enemy with elephants, Alexander using the reconnaissance and intelligence, planned the battle in perfect way which gave him another brilliant victory.
		Before the battle of Hydapes, Alexander read books that contained information on elephant warfare, such as how they can be put into a panic when approached by many horses.
	www.allempires.com /articles/hydaspes/hydaspes.htm (816 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Sri Lankans battle with elephants
		The elephant ambushed them in broad daylight on the way to the fields, picked up Punchibanda first in his trunk and tossed him aside.
		Sri Lanka is one of the last havens for wild elephants but the growing conflict with human beings over living space is causing havoc.
		Pinawella Elephant orphanage has become a major tourist attraction but it does not offer a solution to the problem of the elephant's dwindling habitat.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/2987866.stm (629 words)

	What to Know About Elephants
		Sometimes in some mature bull elephants, the liquid may be thicker with a stranger stink and it may keep coming out for as long as 20 days, not only from the temples, but also from the sexual organ and the skin all over the body.
		As the Kui people regard elephants as members of family, the ordination procession is conducted on elephant backs which are elaborately decorated and are very eye appealing.
		The highlight of the programme is the colourful parade of battle elephants reminiscent of the battle field in ancient times.
	www.thaiwaysmagazine.com /thai_article/2202_elephants/elephants.html (1364 words)

	Alexander The Great's Battle at the River Jhelum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This battle is commonly known as the Battle of the Jhelum because it was fought in the area surrounding the river Jhelum.
		As a result of this battle, Alexander’s men, tired, restless, and definitely unwilling to face elephants in battle again, mutinied when they reached the next river and forced Alexander to start heading back toward Greece.
		Before the Battle of the Jhelum--either by conquest, destruction, or by allying himself with the areas’ rulers-- Alexander had control of most of the Indian land west of the Jhelum River.
	www.richeast.org /htwm/Greeks/alex/alex.html (1522 words)

	Kerala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In turn, the Dutch were ousted at the 1741 Battle of Colachel by Marthanda Varma of Travancore (Thiruvithaamkoor).
		Living among them are such fauna as Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), Leopard (Panthera pardus), Nilgiri Tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius), Common Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), and Grizzled Giant Squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri).
		A procession of gold-caparisoned elephants at the Thrissur Pooram.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kerala (5369 words)

	Technology Review: Emerging Technologies and their Impact
		Museum visitors, then, are told that thermonuclear bombs and the battle elephants from the classical world are analogous examples of weapons systems that were regulated by the mutual agreement of warring groups.
		Elephants saw centuries of use in warfare before and after the battle of Zama.
		When I entered the museum, one of the first things I saw was pic-Âtures of battle elephants.
	www.techreview.com /read_article.aspx?id=14612&ch=biztech (586 words)

	They Fought Too--Elephants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Various species of elephant have been used in battle since c.
		Hamilcar imbued his son Hannibal with a smoldering hatred of Rome and told his son that with enough battle-ready elephants, Rome could be defeated.
		Most of the elephants died en route in the Alps and Hannibal was eventually defeated.
	iml.jou.ufl.edu /projects/Fall03/Working/Elephants.html (154 words)

	War Elephants
		The African plains elephants, loxodonta africana oxyotis, is the largest living elephant, it measures 3.5 to 4 m at the shoulder.
		The Asian elephant was used in battle as early as 1100 B.C., but it was not until 326 B.C., at the Battle of Hydaspes, that the first European commander encountered elephants in battle.
		King Pyrrhus of Epirus defeated the Romans at the battle of Heraclea (280 B.C.), on the Gulf of Tarent, primarly because of the 26 Indian elephants in his command.
	www.miniatures.de /html/int/kriegselefanten.html (664 words)

	Amazon.com: Battle for the Elephants: Books: Iain Douglas-Hamilton,Oria Douglas-Hamilton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The book is not about biology but about elephant politics, including corruption to the highest levels in governments, misjudgment by some conservation groups, civil wars financed with ivory, and, fortunately, enough honest officials and good judgment to make a difference.
		Recalling their first visits to Manyara Park in Tanzania in the late 1960's, when the problem seemed more a surfeit of elephants, the husband-and-wife authors relate how, 20 years later, elephants were being killed by the thousands to satisfy the burgeoning market for ivory in the Far East.
		Battle for the elephants is all about humans killing elephants.
	www.amazon.com /Battle-Elephants-Iain-Douglas-Hamilton/dp/0670840033 (1060 words)

	Warhammer Historical Wargames
		Behind the velites were the lines of hastati, principes, and triarii, with gaps between the maniples to allow the enemy elephants to pass through.
		Elephants and skirmishers to the front with three infantry lines behind.
		The rules and scenario are produced by Warhammer Historical Wargames, using the Warhammer Ancient Battles rule set and the forthcoming Hannibal and the Punic Wars supplement, authored by Allen Curtis.
	www.warhammer-historical.com /events/battle-of-zama1.asp (630 words)

	Animal Planet :: Lost Elephants of Timbuktu :: Expert Talk
		During the 1970s he investigated the status of elephants throughout Africa and was the first to alert the world to the ivory poaching holocaust.
		It aims to secure a future for elephants; to sustain the beauty and ecological integrity of the places where they live; to promote man's delight in their intelligence and the diversity of their world; and to develop a tolerant relationship between man and elephant.
		In addition to research on elephants she has worked on field studies with grizzly bears, grey wolves, lowland gorillas, arroyo toads, burrowing owls and other animal species, large and small.
	animal.discovery.com /fansites/wildkingdom/elephant/expert/expert.html (411 words)

	War Horses To Killer Elephants, Animals Join Battle
		Elephants, too, have held a starring role, particularly for their ability to frighten the enemy -- or crush them underfoot.
		While the ancient Romans and Gauls used dogs trained to fight in battle and the 15th century Spanish used dog warriors dressed in quilted overcoats.
		In World War One, pictures taken from pigeons fitted with cameras helped generals decide the course of a battle, while in World War Two pigeons were still used as messengers during missions that demanded radio silence.
	www.rense.com /general16/arcane.htm (708 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Asia can be a very crowded place, especially if you are an elephant.
		Africa has about 600,000 elephants, belonging to a larger species whose numbers have grown after a worldwide ban on trade in ivory in 1989, resulting in overpopulation in some spots on the continent.
		Historically elephants have been used for work, lifting weights humans could not, and for war - the Roman Emperor Claudius rode an elephant to invade Britain nearly 2,000 years ago.
	www.dailynews.lk /2003/10/16/new21.html (580 words)

	Battles That Changed History
		The battle of Waterloo was fought by the English forces and their allies, some 68,000 men under Arthur Wellesley (later the duke of Wellington), with 45,000 Prussians under Gebhard von Blücher against the French emperor Napoleon, with almost 72,000 men.
		The battle of Britain was a series of air battles fought between the German air force, or Luftwaffe, and the British Royal Air Force, or RAF.
		The ferocious 6-month battle for control of this tiny island 1,000 miles off the coast of Australia was fought on land, on sea, and in the air.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0769941.html (1264 words)

	LEGIO V ALAUDAE
		The Legions first battles were under Caesar as he conducted his Gallic wars.
		Once Scipio lost his elephants the battle turned in favor of Caesar.
		Legio V Alaudae's valor in battle was not forgotten to history.
	www.angelfire.com /ny5/legiovalaudae (1531 words)

	the Battle of Ankara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Foot soldiers were involved in hand to hand combat and cavalry needed water for the horsemen and the horses during the battle, which lasted a whole day in the heat of July.
		The battle lasted one full day, in the heat of July and the Ottoman Army was exhausted and thirsty.
		Through the day long battle in the heat, Bayazed's well trained army is without water, one of the reasons given by historians for Bayazed having lost the Battle of Ankara.
	members.core.com /~turgut/ankara.htm (1240 words)

	Truth [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Because of this, some philosophers (including Aristotle who toyed with the idea) have argued that the sentence, at the present moment, does not express anything that is now either true or false.
		This locale is not the habitat of elephants.
		propositions about the future, such as "There will be a sea battle tomorrow", couldn't be true now, for fear that this would deny free will to the sailors involved.
	www.iep.utm.edu /t/truth.htm (9250 words)

	All Empires History Forum: Alexander the Myth? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Alexander romance, reflected trough 3 iterations of translation and embellishment is hardly a credible alternative to the unanimous conclusion of all the actual historical narratives: that Alexander won, without any sign of surrender amongst his troops.
		But he, apprehending the multitude of the enemy, and to avoid the shock of their elephants, dividing his forces, attacked their left wing himself, and commanded Coenus to fall upon the right, which was performed with good success.
		There rallying, they fought a hand to hand battle, and it was the eighth hour of the day before they were entirely defeated.
	www.allempires.com /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4045&PN=1 (3331 words)

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