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Defending your castle: build catapults, crossbows, moats, bulletproof shields, and more defensive devices to fend off the invading hordes
Defending your castle: build catapults, crossbows, moats, bulletproof shields, and more defensive devices to fend off the invading hordes
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Gurstelle, William
Publisher
Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication Date
[2014]
Language
English
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A cast of bad actors
General safety guidelines
Ghenghis Khan and the Mongols
Hudun Pao: The crouching tiger catapult
Carpini's crossbow
Mongol smoke monster
Attila and the Huns
The palisade wall
The hidden book safe
Alexander the Great and the Greeks
Alexander's tortoise
The high-tech backpack shield
Tamerlane and the Tatars
The Tartar-proofed castle door
Da Vinci's catapult
Peter the Hermit and his crusaders
Crusader-proof moat
Ragnar Lodbrok and the Vikings
The cheval-de-frise
The hourglass watchtower
Conclusion.
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Catapult
Catapult -- Design and construction
Crossbows
Crossbows -- Design and construction
Design and construction
Fortification
Fortification -- Design and construction
Siege warfare
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9781613746820
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