The trebuchet is a type of siege engine originating in China sometime before the fourth century and used primarily during battle throughout the middle ages. This large artillery weapon worked by launching projectiles great distances to destroy walls to rubble or to throw diseased corpses over castle wall. One of the first documented use of a trebuchet was a traction trebuchet used at the Battle of Caishi in 1161, where trebuchets operated by the Song Dynasty fired bombs composed of lime and sulfur at the ships belonging to the Jin Dynasty navy during the Jin- Song wars. The traction trebuchets were also frequently used by the Islamic armies during the Muslim conquests in the seventh century.…
medieval catapult used for hurling heavy stones. The trebuchet is thought to have been invented by the Chinese and made it’s way to Europe by…
The muslims had many valuable inventions, but these three really advanced their culture. The hybrid trebuchet a combination of two different trebuchet, was a weapon and helped them via giving them an advantage against their adversaries on the battlefield. A different invention which advanced that culturally, was the oud, better known as the lute. This…
_The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of _Mexico, edited and with an introduction by Miguel Leon-Portillo (Boston: Beacon Press, 1992), pp. 196 Reviewed by: Nicholas Adams Broken Spears is an accumulated, chronological collection of texts and accounts of the invasion of the Aztec empire by the Spanish from April 22, 1519 to August 13, 1521. This time period from arrival to the surrender of the Aztec empire to the Spanish is filled with interactions between two different people and the events that encompass what it takes to conquer an indigenous people with complete disregard. Broken Spears also allows the history of the conquest of the Aztec empire to be seen from the Aztec point of view, as priests and natives who survived…
The Romans would also give careful consideration to where the battle should be fought. The Roman commanders would like to try and get the higher ground when possible; and would also like to ensure that the sun and wind were behind their soldiers. Romans military were extremely good at siege tactics. Roman engineers developed several different devices that could throw stones and javelins long distances; the most important of these were the catapulta, ballista, ad onager.…
Another weapon used was poison gas. Chlorine gas was first used by the Germans at the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915. It was used to kill hundreds of French troops. The British also used chlorine gas. Later in the war there were developments and more deadly types were used. Mustard gas would blind and burn whatever it came in contact with. Poison gas killed an estimated one million people on all sides throughout the war.…
Did you ever wonder what weapons were used in WW1? How about how they compare to todays standards? They affected their time period drastically in many ways. The German’s changed the game with tanks. They also brought chemical warfare into the war.…
Organizing police departments in a militaristic manner is a theory that contends to lessen corruption amongst the police officers within the department. Depending on how stringent the military model is followed, a police department could have a well functioning system or it could create quite the opposite and develop a department full of corruption, chaos, and mismanagement. Because a department uses the military as a model to develop itself, it does not mean that it is foolproof. Many factors outside of organizing can lead to a well-balanced department or a department as involved in crime as the criminals from which they swore to protect the public. Using a hierarchy of command in departments gives a sense of stability, it delegates responsibilities and it has a person who is…
The word halberd comes from Halm (staff) and Barte (axe). The halberd was a staff weaponed used in medieval times. This staff weapon was favored by European infantries for its versatility and deadly effects. A halberd has many functions to it. The axe is used for hacking opponents, the spike is used for thrusting, and the beak was used for pulling enemies from saddles.…
Catapults were one of the most terrorizing and powerful weapons of Ancient Greece and Rome. They were able to destroy enemy defense and turned sieges in favor of the offensor. They also operated with deadly precision and could fire massive boulders huge distances. (Foley and Soedel 5). Catapults were some of the biggest engineering marvel of Ancient times, and marked the first time many engineering and management techniques that we see today were used. And these new engineering practices let the catapult become one of the most significant weapons of Ancient Greece and Rome. The catapult had a large impact on warfare in Ancient Greece and Rome because they were accurate, powerful, and had a large impact of siege warfare. They also were able…
The absence of wood in Mesopotamia influenced the way buildings were made for these cities. The main material that was used to construct these buildings was mud bricks which also were used to make the walls, ziggurats, and homes of the people. They figured out how to make bronze and use copper for weapons and agricultural tools. Their main form of record keeping was called the cuneiform which is a system of forming symbols (pictograms) on a clay…
The purpose of the trench warfare was so that defending units could be protected by small arms fire and provide sheltered against artillery. This shows they would protect as much land from the enemy. Trench warfare was very important in WW1 this is because when the Germans realized that they were going to lose due to Russia and France they dug in and tried not to let the enemy take any of their land back so that their country would grow bigger and stronger. I will be answering the question about, how effective was Trench warfare in World War 1, and how effective was it as a method used by both sides in war Triple Entente and Triple Alliance.…
Though the discovered by accident, gunpowder changed the trajectory of combat operations. Discovered in the ninth century Chinese alchemist developed something with the potential of conquering nations. Gunpowder is used in many weapons throughout history and to this day, but one of the first was flying fire. With the simple invention of the gunpowder cannon, a totally new type of defense was unearthed. When the devastating power of the cannon was shrunken down into a handheld weapon, the course of warfare changed forever.…
As technology continues to develop in sport, new composite materials are replacing the old traditional materials. Tennis rackets are no longer made of wood and sheep intestines but instead have been replaced with graphite and the strings are now made of nylon. This essay intends to discuss how old materials have been replaced by new composite materials, the manufacturing process and the benefits to the designer and consumer. Due to new technology, the tennis racket has changed materials.…
"Cut" is one of Sylvia Plath's best confessional poems.It has been dedicated to Susan O'Neill Roe,Plath's nurse and a close friend during the period of her single motherhood.It is narrated by a woman who has just cut her thumb while slicing an onion.It has been written in a free verse and has ten,four-line stanzas.…
