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

Dr David Nicolle

Medieval Siege Weapons (2): Byzantium, the Islamic World & India AD 476-1526
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country
United Kingdom
Published
12 March 2003
Pages
48
ISBN
9781841764597

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

Dr David Nicolle

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.

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