Trebuchet is a siege engine that was employed in the middle ages. It is a modified version of the catapult that uses a counterweight to throw a large stone or blunt object. This means the only power it uses‚ is gravity. This invention brought about the end of knights‚ and castles. It’s usually made out of wood and some other materials‚ so it’s fairly simple to create; which means‚ most if not all societies in the middle ages had one. The trebuchet is often confused with the earlier torsion siege engines
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Title: The Siege at Jadotville (September 13th 1961 to September 17th 1961) and it’s aftermath. Outline Plan: I have chosen the siege at Jadotville which took place in the Congo in September 1961 as the subject of this study. I have chosen this subject because I am an African living in Ireland and this event involved Irish soldiers on peacekeeping duty in Africa. The aim of this study is to describe the events that took place in Jadotville and also the subsequent treatment by the Irish authorities
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having a jail problem. The Kentucky police has been locking up more inmates than they have ever before. The jails are overpopulated and the state is trying to figure out a solution to this jail problem. The video “Prison State”‚ a documentary by PBS Frontline‚ shows the problem Kentucky has with more inmates in jail. The states spends a lot of money to lock up prisoners. The state alone spends 50 million dollars annually on locking up juveniles. It also cost 87 thousand dollars to incarcerate a child
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The Franco-American Army began trench line construction approximately 800 yards from the British defenses in preparation for the siege. (Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation‚ 2014)General Cornwallis’s concerns throughout the encroachment remained evident‚ and he sent multiple correspondences to General Clinton requesting reinforcements. General Washington utilized violent storming on the
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Ancient siege weapons Onager (siege weapon) 1. A round stone (often clay balls with combustible substance in them‚ which explode on impact and burst into flames) is put in the pouch and the arm is winched down. 2. The onager’s framework is made out of two beams from oak‚ which curve into humps. In the middle they have quite large holes in them‚ in which strong sinew ropes are stretched and twisted. A long arm is then inserted between the bundles of rope; at its end it has a pin and a pouch
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Taylor 1 Kendrick Taylor Professor Krivoruk English 101 11 February 2013 The Television Debate In the last half century of watching television many authors‚ critic‚ and people in general has had an opinion on weather watching television is a good thing or a bad thing. In a couple of recent articles that I’ve read one Author Steven Johnson‚ who wrote “Watching TV Makes You Smarter”. Tells us of how violent and gruesome shows of this era are as opposed to shows of the past. Steven also tells
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first part of this series‚ we noted the siege equipment of the Assyrians consisted of complex battering rams‚ earthen ramps and a dedicated corps of engineers and sappers. Alexander the Great and the Greeks would take the next steps in the evolution of siege warfare. The Greeks had invented the catapult circa 399 B.C. Early catapults were driven by either tension devices or torsion in the form of twisted ropes. In January 332 B.C.‚ Alexander began the Siege of Tyre. While the rest of the cities on
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with fighting and politics of war. The argument over whether to allow women on the frontlines of warfare has been highly discussed over the past few years but still in today’s “equal society” women are not being given the same opportunities as men. Around the world‚ countries have already enlisted women into their ranks although several countries‚ including Britain still do not allow women on their frontlines. In Britain women are still excluded from primary combat. Following this line of
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Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies‚ Vol.14 NO.1 (2000) Democracy under siege: the Presidency and executive powers in Botswana Mpho G. Molomo Democracy Research Project University of Botswana Abstract This article outlines that the Constitution of Botswana provides for an executive presidency with extensive powers. Unlike other constitutions in the region where power is vested with the people‚ in Botswana it is vested with the President. While democratic procedures have not been
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Creative Writing: Siege of Yorktown It was four o’clock in the morning when my commanding officer awoke me and we were ordered to prepare to march. We had set up an extensive camp at Chatham in New York‚ we all believed that we would attack New York City. It turned out that we were marching on towards Yorktown. When we arrived at Yorktown the bay was full of French ships. Our army along with the French encircled Cornwallis. Cornwallis did not surrender‚ he waited for a larger British fleet
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