the stored energy goes into accelerating the arm‚ which is energy wasted. This is unavoidable however‚ since the payload can only be launched at high speed if the arm is rotating at high speed. The idea of a catapult came from the invention of the crossbow‚ which is significantly smaller but uses some of the very same aspects. Catapults where used to throw hot sand to get between the armor of the enemy knights also they were used to throw hot tar to attack there enemies. It was also used to launch
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Ancient China was one of the oldest and longest lasting civilizations in the history of the world. The history of Ancient China can be traced back over 4‚000 years. It was located on the eastern part of the continent of Asia. Dynasties in Ancient China: In China’s history‚ Ancient China was ruled by powerful families called dynasties. The first dynasty was the Shang and the last was the Qing. Most of the people that lived under the dynasties rule were very poor peasants. They farmed wheat
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The mariner’s story is about killing an albatross that had led the ship away from the storm and the icy seas. In return for helping them‚ the seamen fed the bird and played with it. Despite this partnership between them all‚ the mariner took his crossbow and shot the albatross. He was cursed when he killed the albatross. A ghost ship appeared with a woman and a skeleton and they played a dice game which she won. This was the point that he realised it was a curse from killing the albatross. The curse
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Edward had come to France with thousands of soldiers and they were first attacked by the French with their crossbows. The French soldiers were hoping to intimidate the English soldiers‚ but in fact were surprised when met with the devastating blows of the English longbow. The longbow was considered unpopular by many countries because of the amount of training
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de Sahagún‚ author of The Battle for Tenochtitlan wrote‚ “the disease brought great desolation; a great many died of it.” In addition‚ the Spaniards also had much superior weapons at their disposal. They had horses‚ cannons‚ iron swords‚ crossbows and harquebuses. On the other hand‚ the Aztecs were barely equipped with bows and arrows. Furthermore‚ the conquest would have been almost impossible had the Spaniards not gained the support of other tribes. The Aztecs were profoundly hated by
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Two of the greatest empires in all of history‚ the Ancient Roman and the Han China empires are similar in terms of both creating great inventions still used today; however‚ they are different in terms of how their militaries were organized and their religious beliefs. Ancient Romans were the first to invent and use concrete for buildings and other architectural use. It put them ahead of other empires due to the fact that they could now use concrete to create and make buildings stronger and able
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still slightly behind neighboring areas. As the Crusades continued‚ the Christians found multiple objects of technology that were new to them. The Europeans were quickly exposed to better ways to build ships‚ maps‚ and weapons. Advances like the crossbow and longbow made warfare much easier as well. They also made advances in science and medicine‚ supplying us with
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We first see how the albatross tries to help the people on the boat and lead them in a way like Jesus Christ did. The people on the ship are like Jesus’ followers. When the albatross is killed by the mariner through the use of his crossbow which is the beginning of the curse on the ship as a whole. He then compares the people of the ship as they are dying to the “whizz” of a cross bolt which killed the bird. Once the mariner finally learns to pray the curse is then broken and “like
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“rebirth”‚ that is just what Europe did at this time they went from being ignorant and dimwitted to inventing some of the world’s greatest inventions. Examples of these great inventions were the Ornithoper flying machine‚ the armored car‚ the giant crossbow and the 8 barreled machine gun and these were just from Leonardo da Vinci‚ unfortunately these were just prototypes and were never mass produced. The renaissance began in Italy‚ and spreading to the rest of Europe by the 16th century‚ its influence
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At the fall of Roman Empire‚ was the beginning of the Middle Ages in which the fuedal system was used. Feudalism was a political system in which nobles are granted the use of land that legally belongs to their kings in exchange for their loyalty‚ military services and protection of the people who were on the land. After the fall of rome there was a great decline in trade through out europe. The christian church ruled the major part of life in government and religion along with the weak central government
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