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    were the most popular and were always advancing. Ranged weapons were deadly to front line opponents and could later on pierce armor. Siege weapons were the most essential in order to capture a castle or village and were constantly evolving. Medieval Weapons were deadly and dangerous‚ and were classified into three main groups: Combat weapons‚ Ranged weapons‚ and Siege weapons. In Medieval battles‚ hand to hand combat weapons were deadly‚ and were common throughout all ranks in an army. During the

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    The End the American Revolution‚ the Siege of Yorktown WO1 Brian E. Wright 290A Warrant Officer Basic Course Primary Instructor: WO2 Steven P. Quast 6 January 2016   September 1781. The south had lost major strongholds in Savannah‚ Charleston and Camden. The battle was starting to turn in Georgia and South Carolina which forced the British north. The global superpower of Great Britain was involved in the American Revolution in full force as well as‚ First Anglo-Maratha War‚ Fourth Anglo-Dutch

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    huge castles were mostly invented for defending the foreigner attacks. The castles were also the sin of the noble and royal power. Eventually‚ there were various kinds of castle‚ but most of the castles were used for protecting and defending during siege warfare. While the builders built these castles‚ they added much prevention structures to the castles‚ those preventions made the castles difficult to attack. Constructions of the castle to defense Castles defensed by deep moats and the surrounding

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    Iliad I - Clash between Greek warlord Agamemnon and Achilles - Apollo caused it - Agamemnon dishonored Chryses‚ his priest‚ so Apollo struck his men with plague - Took Chryses’ daughter - Hera wanted fighting to stop‚ so influenced Achilles to call meeting to end the fighting - Achilles recommends to Agamemnon that they consult a prophet or priest - Calchas (prophet) makes deal with Achilles to tell him what he knows if he protects him - Agamemnon becomes angry‚ but accepts

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    The trebuchet is a large machine of the trebuchet family formerly used as a siege weapon and now for history reenactment‚ recreational or engineering purposes. It was formerly one of the most powerful weapons in history‚ being able to fire a projectile to a distance of up to three hundred yards accurately. It consists of a lever arm laid across a supporting crossbeam (the fulcrum)‚ a heavy counterweight on one end‚ and a sling on the other. The sling would hold the load (projectile) during battle

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    colonial war | Adopted the decleration of independence and moved the Unidted States toward independence. | Bunker Hill | The british took control of bunker hill. It was these local wars that widened the war between England and the colonies. | Lord Dunmore announced from a british warship that slaves would be released if they would help fight for the british. | Quebec | The American forces went to battle with Canada and the british forces for quebec. It was the first major defeat on the American forces

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    Freda’s view of herself justified? ’From the mouths of babes comes the truth.’ From the time these words are spoken Freda is O’Grady’s favourite hostage‚ and through this she sees a chance to secure her own safety by staying on his good side. When the siege is over however Freda finds herself represented as a bad person by what Theo wrote on some napkins. Without anyone to tell her she’s not bad‚ she is dominated by Theo’s view of her as recorded on the napkins. The napkins‚ which implicate Freda in Theo’s

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    warhorse‚ pole weapons‚ war hammer‚ the axe‚ bow and arrow‚ caltrops‚ Crossbow‚ flail jousting lance‚ pike‚ pole axe and the spear. They also had many other siege weapons and siege warfare and they were the medieval catapults‚ ballista battering ram‚ mangonel‚ Siege tower siege warfare‚ siege weapons‚ siege weapons design‚ under siege‚ and siege weapons design.The trebuchet is similar to the catapult and it is also different some ways that they are different is the trebuchet slings the stone of fireballs

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    The Medieval Ages were known as one of the most violent periods of times in history. Because of this the architecture of castles changed drastically. Successfully defending a castle would depend on if the castle could defend a siege attack. Some defense features included moats‚ portcullis the barbican a gatehouse as well as crenellations and a drawbridge. (http://www.medievalwarfare.info/index.htm#towers) Castles were always built on land and were close to a body of water such as the ocean or a lake

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