The Medieval Ballista was a crossbow like weapon used during siege warfare. The word Ballista comes from the Greek word “Ballistes” which means “to throw”. The Ballista was a valuable siege attack weapon. The Ballista worked by using tension. It was designed to fire huge wooden‚ iron clad‚ darts or arrows which were powered by coils of hair‚ rope‚ or sinew. The tension in the coils helps launch the projectiles with enough force to give them great penetration through enemy walls or people. Ballista’s
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Samurai vs Knights:Were the Similarities Greater than the Differences. The knights and the Samurai were very similar but also had some major differences to‚ but if you were going to compare them on fighting and tactics that would be a lot harder because they are from two very different times and have very different geological advantages and disadvantages. So it is easier to compare their loyalty and way of living along with respect to others and enemies. Japan and Europe both switched to feudalism
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of eight to twelve iron plates‚ and below it was a five piece neck guard. The body of the armor had four parts. They did not have armor on their right arm so they could easily draw their bow. Knights wore armor made of chain mail. When bows and crossbows became more common they started to wear complete suits of plate armor made of metal. (Documents C‚ D) The Samurai followed the code of Bushido. It consisted of discharging loyal service to his master‚ deepening his loyalty to his friends‚ and devoting
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anemometer- helicopter- ornithopter-Da Vinci was fascinated by birds. He watched them‚ sketched them and borrowed ideas from them for his inventions. One of the results of this fascination was the ornithopter‚ a device conceived by da Vinci that would theoretically have allowed humans to soar through the air like birds. While da Vinci’s parachute would have allowed a human being to jump off a cliff without being hurt‚ the ornithopter was actually a way for people to soar off the ground and into
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rectangular prism that has a drop door on the entrance and a trigger in the back of the trap that is a stick with a notch in it so once the animal hit the trigger the door will fall and trap it . The last project that I did was make a crossbow out of plywood and the bow was made out of hickory and the string from a bike inner
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Why did William win the battle of Hastings? There are 4 reasons for William’s victory in the battle of Hastings. First‚ there was his preparation‚ the next‚ William’s leadership. Then‚ Harold’s weaknesses: and finally‚ luck. I think that luck was the main reason for William’s victory because‚ without the wind changing at the precise moment when Harold was still at Stamford Bridge‚ William would not have been able to accomplish an amphibious landing unnoticed to invade the southern side of England
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Cultural Difference and Identity Formation Fall 2012 / 1400 Ad to Present/WCIV 10200 5 EF October 29‚ 2012 In a Aztec account of the conquest of Mexico it is very clear that Hernan Cortés’s way of Empire building and culture conquest in my opinion was by deceiving Montezuma. He had Montezuma believing he had come in peace although his entrance said otherwise. His style emphasized Military traditions along with the accompanying courage
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CHAPTER 1 ORGANIZATION PROFILE Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE) is a laboratory of the Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO). Located at CHANDIGARH its primary function is research in the field of snow and avalanches to provide avalanche control measures and forecasting support to Armed forces. SASE registered steady growth from 1971 to 1977 and role of SASE was enlarged with the constitution of Advisory Committee. Avalanche forecasting‚ Artificial
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Great Battle of Otumba: The Turning Point for the Spanish Isidro Gurrola History MO4 Jaime Soto March 12‚ 2008 Introduction The Battle at Otumba is considered one of the turning points in the conquest of Mexico‚ giving the conquistadors a victory at a time when the Aztecs could have destroyed them. A statue of Cortés‚ with the name Otumba on it‚ stands in the conquistador’s home province of Medellin‚ Spain‚ to recall the
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01.07 Collapse of an Empire: Assessment I see a heavily fortified city. Surrounding the city are tens of thousands of Turkish soldiers that I belong to. We are armed with crossbows‚ shields‚ and swords. Some of us are using multiple ladders to scale the walls of Constantinople. Additional soldiers remain on boats to support us performing the attack. There are 9 things that I am going to describe first hand account during our attack on Constantinople. 1. I am the soldier on the second
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