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About this book 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.
Contents
Introduction · Stone-throwing machines · Great crossbows · Dropping, burning and exploding · Bibliography · Colour plate commentary · Index Paperback; March 2003; 48 pages; ISBN: 9781841764597