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Medieval Siege Weapons (2): Byzantium, the Islamic World & India AD 476-1526 (New Vanguard 69) (Repost)

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Medieval Siege Weapons (2): Byzantium, the Islamic World & India AD 476-1526 (New Vanguard 69) (Repost)

David Nicolle, Sam Thompson - Medieval Siege Weapons (2): Byzantium, the Islamic World & India AD 476-1526
Osprey Publishing | 2003 | ISBN: 1841764590 | English | 51 pages | PDF | 12.86 MB
New Vanguard 69

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.