Medieval Siege Weapons (2): Byzantium, the Islamic World & India AD 476-1526 [Osprey New Vanguard 069]

Автор: David Nicolle:
Назва: Medieval Siege Weapons (2): Byzantium, the Islamic World & India AD 476-1526 [Osprey New Vanguard 069]:
Серія: Osprey New Vanguard 069:
Видавництво: Osprey Publishing Ltd:
Сторінок: 51:
Мова: Англійський:
Рік: 2003:
Формат: pdf:
Розмір: 43,4 Mb:
Опис (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.