well, since you asked - i'm reading an interesting history of the french foreign legion at the moment ("our friends beneath the sands") - just read a chapter on a very obscure campaign in the late 19th century when the legion confronted a west african kingdom who's name escapes me currently, but was nicknamed "the prussia of west africa" for their intensely militaristic organization and aggressive habits - apparently had a huge force of female soldiers that the legion regarded as superior even to them
anyhow, nice bloody kingdom w/a penchant for aztec-style treatment of prisoners - the throne room, for example, was apparently of great dimesions, and the floor was tiled with the crowns of the skulls of executed prisoners - the king, who did ultimately meet his demise at the hands of the legion, liked to execute folks by burying them neck-deep in the sand, then letting the ants do the rest
good enough for you for now?