Weapons of WarCrowell, 1968 - Всего страниц: 224 "The story of man as warrior from the first Stone Age man with his wooden club to modern man with his proverbial "push button" is told h ere through a precise and illuminating survey of the development of weaponry"--Jacket excerpt. |
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... Greek Fire in its final form was eventually evolved . One stage in the process is described by Procopius , when he relates how the Asiatic defenders of a fortress filled pots with sulphur , bitumen , and naphtha , set fire to the mix ...
... Greek Fire in its final form was eventually evolved . One stage in the process is described by Procopius , when he relates how the Asiatic defenders of a fortress filled pots with sulphur , bitumen , and naphtha , set fire to the mix ...
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... fire of their own accord . A scientific explanation of these alleged manifestations from On High , supposing them to ... Greek Fire was formed . ” 2 Thus the Arab historian Ibn Alatir has described how , at the siege of Acre during the ...
... fire of their own accord . A scientific explanation of these alleged manifestations from On High , supposing them to ... Greek Fire was formed . ” 2 Thus the Arab historian Ibn Alatir has described how , at the siege of Acre during the ...
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... Greek Fire , by the Bulgarian ruler Krum ( 808-814 ) . The Arabs , too , once they had recovered from the shock of ... fire on both land and sea , one of the participants could factually report : The incendiary oil , commonly called ...
... Greek Fire , by the Bulgarian ruler Krum ( 808-814 ) . The Arabs , too , once they had recovered from the shock of ... fire on both land and sea , one of the participants could factually report : The incendiary oil , commonly called ...
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Acknowledgements | 13 |
Bloodshed and Bronze | 28 |
Metal from Heaven | 52 |
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