00:00Moisture compromised the structural integrity of Sasanian leather armor overnight outside Nineveh.
00:06On the damp Mesopotamian river valley floor, the elite Sasanian vanguard pitched heavy animal hide tents.
00:14Heavy overnight rain saturated the untreated leather tent hides, which then shrank under the morning sun as moisture evaporated.
00:22As the wet leather hides dried and shrank, the immense tension snapped the wooden tent poles, collapsing the structures onto
00:29the commanders.
00:31Heavy rain soaked leather and felt tents, weighing down the Sasanian vanguard, just as Byzantine forces launched a devastating dawn
00:40surprise attack.
