Medieval Siege Weapons (2): Byzantium, the Islamic World & India AD 476-1526 [Osprey New Vanguard 069]

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Автор: David Nicolle:

Название: Medieval Siege Weapons (2): Byzantium, the Islamic World & India AD 476-1526 [Osprey New Vanguard 069]:

Серия: Osprey New Vanguard 069:

Издательство: Osprey Publishing Ltd:

Страниц: 51:

Язык: Английский:

Год: 2003:

Формат: pdf:

Размер: 43,4 Mb:

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Описание (About this book): When it came to non-gunpowder machine development, the medieval period was one of the most inventive in military history. During this era, the pre-existing military-technological traditions from the ancient worlds were brought together. Three civilisations were primarily responsible for this evolution: the Late-Roman or Byzantine Empire, the Islamic World, and latterly the Mongol ‘World Empire’. This book examines the resulting

stone-throwing machines from torsion ‘energy storage’ systems, to manpowered and counterbalance sling devices, rockets and others.